A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea kilometers (0 miles) from New Guinea, Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/19 / 2019-05-07 18:11:34 / May 7, 2019 @ 6:11 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 142.3222° East, -6.1851° South, depth 19.98 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:11:34 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.98 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003m1y. Id of event: us70003m1y.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea.
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