A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 119 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (74 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us60003qm3. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003qm3. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:29:12 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 16:29:12 / May 14, 2019 @ 4:29 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 152.7041 East, latitude -5.4943 South, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 119 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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