A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 151.9572 East, latitude -5.2006 South, depth = 57.35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.35 km (36 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:37:06 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 11:37:06 / April 13, 2019 @ 11:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us700035dg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700035dg.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo.
Each 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 99 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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