A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 119 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (74 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 139.63 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/19 / 2019-04-16 23:04:46 / April 16, 2019 @ 11:04 pm. Event id: us700037hk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700037hk. The temblor was detected at 09:04:46 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 148.4353° East, -5.6831° South, depth 139.63 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 119 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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