A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007dm7. Id of event: us10007dm7. 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 73.64 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/11/16 / 2016-11-19 11:18:49 / November 19, 2016 @ 11:18 am. The temblor was reported at 21:18:49 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.6603 East, latitude -4.8275 South, depth = 73.64 km.
Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madang (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km NNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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