A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 453.25 km (282 miles). Exact location, longitude 152.1574° East, latitude -3.6685° South, depth = 453.25 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:14:34 / 10:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/19 / 2019-08-02 00:14:34 / August 2, 2019 @ 12:14 am. Event id: us600052u7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600052u7.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km W of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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