A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 95 km E of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (59 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:29:26 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70003fgy. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003fgy. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/19 / 2019-05-02 02:29:26 / May 2, 2019 @ 2:29 am. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 148.7282° East, -6.5062° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 95 km E of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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