A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.26 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:43:50 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004uun. Id of event: us60004uun. Exact location of event, depth 65.26 km, 151.8915° East, -4.9528° South. 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 19:43:50 / July 15, 2019 @ 7:43 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo. Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 78 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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