A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 143 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea (89 miles). Unique identifier: us10008tlq. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008tlq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/05/17 / 2017-05-19 18:14:31 / May 19, 2017 @ 6:14 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.3529 East, latitude -5.6846 South, depth = 122.79 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 122.79 km (76 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:14:31 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days two hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 143 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea.
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