A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 109 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (68 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 152.8173 East, latitude -5.4317 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:32:21 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70003jb3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003jb3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 01/05/19 / 2019-05-01 18:32:21 / May 1, 2019 @ 6:32 pm UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventy-three 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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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 109 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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