A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003a1p. Unique identifier: us70003a1p. The temblor was detected at 07:09:51 / 7:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 56.17 km, 153.0385° East, -4.6191° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.17 km (35 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/04/19 / 2019-04-21 21:09:51 / April 21, 2019 @ 9:09 pm.
Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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