A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.6097 East, latitude -5.9772 South, depth = 35 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:58:55 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j3zy. Id of event: us2000j3zy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 01:58:55 / January 15, 2019 @ 1:58 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae, Kainantu (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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. 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 sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 89 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.
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