A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 152.2177° East, latitude -4.1567° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 13:18:37 / May 14, 2019 @ 1:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:18:37 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003qll. Id of event: us60003qll.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul. Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km NE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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