A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 112 km NNE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea (70 miles) on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us70003cd9. Event ids that are associated: us70003cd9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/19 / 2019-04-17 19:03:33 / April 17, 2019 @ 7:03 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:03:33 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 150.9417 East, latitude -9.4634 South, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 112 km NNE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea.
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