A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 37 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea (23 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 14:56:12 / May 14, 2019 @ 2:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.0517 East, latitude -4.804 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003qlz. Id of event: us60003qlz. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:56:12 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km S of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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