A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Aitape in Papua New Guinea. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:39:23 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/04/19 / 2019-04-24 16:39:23 / April 24, 2019 @ 4:39 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003gan. Unique identifier: us70003gan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.9127° East, latitude -3.1413° South, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wewak, Aitape (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Aitape (c. 5 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 62 km E of Aitape, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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