A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 13:13:49 / May 14, 2019 @ 1:13 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:13:49 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.6778 East, latitude -4.0079 South, depth = 10 km. 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). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003qlm. Id of event: us60003qlm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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