A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/02/16 / 2016-02-19 18:58:10 / February 19, 2016 @ 6:58 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.43 km (31 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:58:10 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004s27. Id of event: us10004s27. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.8345 East, latitude -4.0591 South, depth = 50.43 km.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 50 km NNW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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