A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 114 km NNE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea (71 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.54 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us700037u0. Unique identifier: us700037u0. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:15:38 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/04/19 / 2019-04-17 15:15:38 / April 17, 2019 @ 3:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 150.836 East, latitude -9.3856 South, depth = 9.54 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 114 km NNE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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