A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. 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: 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 15:31:19 / July 15, 2019 @ 3:31 pm. Exact location of event, depth 65.9 km, 149.6691° East, -6.0055° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.9 km (41 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004uuh. Id of event: us60004uuh. The temblor was picked up at 01:31:19 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km NNE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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