A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Popondetta in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/04/19 / 2019-04-30 21:01:01 / April 30, 2019 @ 9:01 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70003evw. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003evw. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 148.6044° East, -9.5901° South. The temblor was picked up at 07:01:01 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Popondetta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Popondetta (c. 28 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 100 km SSE of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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