A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 06/09/19 / 2019-09-06 01:17:30 / September 6, 2019 @ 1:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:17:30 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 48 km, 152.8176° East, -4.1185° South. Id of earthquake: us70005clz. Event ids that are associated: us70005clz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 45 km NNW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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