A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 127 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (79 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.555 km (35 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:05:06 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 152.1374 East, latitude -5.4881 South, depth = 55.555 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qi5a. Unique identifier: us6000qi5a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/25 / 2025-05-21 01:05:06 / May 21, 2025 @ 1:05 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 127 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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