A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 121 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (75 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/09/19 / 2019-09-30 04:35:30 / September 30, 2019 @ 4:35 am. Exact location, longitude 151.4086° East, latitude -5.0349° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005nqx. Unique identifier: us70005nqx. The temblor was picked up at 14:35:30 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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 seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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