A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 208 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (129 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.0507 East, latitude -3.2504 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70003lam. Event ids that are associated: us70003lam. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/19 / 2019-05-15 00:33:46 / May 15, 2019 @ 12:33 am. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:33:46 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 208 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.
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