A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Kavieng in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000jias. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jias. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:29:38 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.0141° East, -1.8428° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/02/19 / 2019-02-15 04:29:38 / February 15, 2019 @ 4:29 am.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Kavieng (c. 14 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kavieng (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km NNE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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