A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 147 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (91 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 11:41:26 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 152.1834° East, latitude -5.6835° South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 01:41:26 / January 20, 2019 @ 1:41 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jc0j. Unique identifier: us2000jc0j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 147 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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