A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Kerema in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, 145.3818° East, -7.3229° South, depth 52.73 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/09/19 / 2019-09-21 14:54:54 / September 21, 2019 @ 2:54 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70005mks. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005mks. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.73 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 00:54:54 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Kerema (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kerema (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five 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: 83 km NNW of Kerema, Papua New Guinea.
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