A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. Id of earthquake: us1000ax6b. Event ids that are associated: us1000ax6b. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/17 / 2017-10-26 17:32:46 / October 26, 2017 @ 5:32 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 95.61 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:32:46 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.6244 East, latitude -5.2606 South, depth = 95.61 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Goroka, Madang.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km WSW of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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