A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Kavieng in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 150.136° East, latitude -2.7447° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/05/19 / 2019-05-21 04:04:40 / May 21, 2019 @ 4:04 am. The temblor was reported at 14:04:40 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003nu3. Id of event: us70003nu3.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Kavieng (c. 14 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kavieng (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 75 km WSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.
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