A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 118 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea (73 miles). Unique identifier: us700038n8. Ids that are associated to the event: us700038n8. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 01:31:04 / April 13, 2019 @ 1:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 154.0849° East, -4.6701° South. The temblor was picked up at 11:31:04 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
Did you feel it?
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: 118 km E of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply