A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/04/19 / 2019-04-14 15:22:16 / April 14, 2019 @ 3:22 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:22:16 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 15.04 km, 141.1559° East, -2.8411° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.04 km (9 miles). Event id: us70003arw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003arw.
Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abepura, Jayapura, Vanimo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 twelve 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.
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