A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 149 km NE of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea (93 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003eye. Unique identifier: us70003eye. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 153.2866° East, -2.6251° South. The temblor was detected at 09:44:09 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/04/19 / 2019-04-30 23:44:09 / April 30, 2019 @ 11:44 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 149 km NE of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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