A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:59:52 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70003tw9. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003tw9. Exact location, longitude 142.9776° East, latitude -6.6483° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/05/19 / 2019-05-31 19:59:52 / May 31, 2019 @ 7:59 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km SW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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