A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 192 km ESE of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea (119 miles) on Wednesday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:14:43 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/05/19 / 2019-05-15 03:14:43 / May 15, 2019 @ 3:14 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us70003lbu. Event ids that are associated: us70003lbu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 154.2741 East, latitude -9.8406 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 192 km ESE of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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