A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 107 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (66 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 153.096 East, latitude -4.852 South, depth = 46.862 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 06:32:57 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.862 km (29 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pyl2. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pyl2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/03/25 / 2025-03-04 06:32:57 / March 4, 2025 @ 6:32 am.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 107 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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