A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Global time and date of event 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 17:03:23 / July 5, 2019 @ 5:03 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:03:23 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 67.15 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70004kr2. Event ids that are associated: us70004kr2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.778 East, latitude -5.7731 South, depth = 67.15 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe. Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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