A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Angoram in Papua New Guinea. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:01:59 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 107.52 km (67 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/19 / 2019-05-04 15:01:59 / May 4, 2019 @ 3:01 pm. Id of earthquake: us70003gnv. Event ids that are associated: us70003gnv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.5013 East, latitude -4.3195 South, depth = 107.52 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wewak (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 68 km WSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea.
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