A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 138 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (86 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100048dd. Event ids that are associated: us100048dd. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.72 km (31 miles). Exact location of event, depth 49.72 km, 152.2054° East, -5.6026° South. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:27:05 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/12/15 / 2015-12-19 15:27:05 / December 19, 2015 @ 3:27 pm UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 138 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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