A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us60003qm1. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003qm1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 151.7523° East, -3.8874° South, depth 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:27:10 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 15:27:10 / May 14, 2019 @ 3:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 57 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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