A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 152.3008° East, -4.7966° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 15:24:14 / May 14, 2019 @ 3:24 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us60003qm0. Event ids that are associated: us60003qm0. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:24:14 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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