A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 16:51:42 / May 14, 2019 @ 4:51 pm. 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). Unique identifier: us60003qm5. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003qm5. Exact location of earthquake, 152.8841° East, -4.2006° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:51:42 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo. Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 33 km NNW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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