A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:50:13 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 152.6721 East, latitude -5.0863 South, depth = 39.71 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.71 km (25 miles). Unique identifier: us700056uj. Ids that are associated to the event: us700056uj. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/08/19 / 2019-08-21 23:50:13 / August 21, 2019 @ 11:50 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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