A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Exact location, longitude 152.4761° East, latitude -4.0919° South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us60003qln. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003qln. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 13:44:13 / May 14, 2019 @ 1:44 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:44:13 / 11:44 pm (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 Kokopo, Rabaul. The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 35 km ENE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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