A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 152.2903 East, latitude -4.1347 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 13:26:06 / May 14, 2019 @ 1:26 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:26:06 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us60003qn1. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003qn1.
The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 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 eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 14 km ENE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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