A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. 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: 16/07/19 / 2019-07-16 13:24:10 / July 16, 2019 @ 1:24 pm. Id of earthquake: us60004uvs. Event ids that are associated: us60004uvs. Exact location of event, longitude 151.741 East, latitude -4.4723 South, depth = 132.06 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 132.06 km (82 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:24:10 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul. Epicenter of the event was 59 km (37 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 56 km WSW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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