A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, longitude 152.8414 East, latitude -3.8142 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us60003rpw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003rpw. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:27:03 / 1:27 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). Global time and date of event 17/05/19 / 2019-05-17 03:27:03 / May 17, 2019 @ 3:27 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul. The epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km ESE of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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