A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 110 km NNE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea (68 miles) on Thursday. 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 12.15 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/19 / 2019-04-17 21:15:29 / April 17, 2019 @ 9:15 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 150.9714 East, latitude -9.4969 South, depth = 12.15 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000385a. Id of event: us7000385a. The temblor was reported at 07:15:29 / 7:15 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 110 km NNE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea.
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