A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 152.6557° East, -3.7401° South, depth 156.65 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 156.65 km (97 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60004vyy. Unique identifier: us60004vyy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:08:00 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/19 / 2019-07-20 09:08:00 / July 20, 2019 @ 9:08 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 26 km ESE of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea.
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