A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/09/19 / 2019-09-04 18:35:04 / September 4, 2019 @ 6:35 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005euj. Id of event: us70005euj. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 91.82 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:35:04 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.4549 East, latitude -4.5167 South, depth = 91.82 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (17 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 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: 27 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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