A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 152.5753° East, latitude -3.786° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60003qn6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003qn6. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:31:57 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 13:31:57 / May 14, 2019 @ 1:31 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 20 km SE of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea.
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