A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 110 km NE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea (68 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 09:21:52 / 9:21 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/19 / 2019-04-17 23:21:52 / April 17, 2019 @ 11:21 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003cdj. Unique identifier: us70003cdj. Exact location of event, longitude 151.0451 East, latitude -9.5507 South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 110 km NE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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