A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, depth 20.23 km, 152.826° East, -4.0516° South. Global time and date of event 26/05/19 / 2019-05-26 15:18:36 / May 26, 2019 @ 3:18 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.23 km (13 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003v9p. Unique identifier: us70003v9p. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:18:36 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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.
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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: 51 km NNW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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