A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, 152.3935° East, -3.7648° South, depth 12.23 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.23 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us60003qlp. Event ids that are associated: us60003qlp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 13:49:20 / May 14, 2019 @ 1:49 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:49:20 / 11:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SSW of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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