A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 62.73 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/12/17 / 2017-12-03 02:37:21 / December 3, 2017 @ 2:37 am. The temblor was picked up at 12:37:21 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bkgf. Unique identifier: us1000bkgf. Exact location of earthquake, 145.3542° East, -5.1347° South, depth 62.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang.
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 50 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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