A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Alotau in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, 150.7033° East, -9.5692° South, depth 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003cdg. Id of event: us70003cdg. Global time and date of event 17/04/19 / 2019-04-17 19:57:46 / April 17, 2019 @ 7:57 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:57:46 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Alotau (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alotau.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 90 km NNE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea.
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