A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us60003qm2. Event ids that are associated: us60003qm2. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 16:06:29 / May 14, 2019 @ 4:06 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.03 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 02:06:29 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10.03 km, 151.8585° East, -4.1531° South.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul. Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 35 km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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