A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 08:37:42 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.4296 East, latitude -4.5856 South, depth = 26.14 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600053jy. Id of event: us600053jy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.14 km (16 miles). Global time and date of event 10/08/19 / 2019-08-10 22:37:42 / August 10, 2019 @ 10:37 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 81 km NNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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