A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.44 km (38 miles). Global time and date of event 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 17:17:45 / August 19, 2018 @ 5:17 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000gir5. Event ids that are associated: us1000gir5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.9748 East, latitude -4.1342 South, depth = 60.44 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:17:45 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 37 km N of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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