A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Aitape in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 02:36:15 / 2:36 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/04/19 / 2019-04-24 16:36:15 / April 24, 2019 @ 4:36 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 142.8347° East, -3.1752° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003bfn. Unique identifier: us70003bfn.
Event epicenter was 97 km (61 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Aitape (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wewak, Aitape.
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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