A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.827 East, latitude -4.1894 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 15:37:11 / May 14, 2019 @ 3:37 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us60003qmu. Event ids that are associated: us60003qmu. The temblor was reported at 01:37:11 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo. Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 38 km NW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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