A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 19 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (12 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/10/19 / 2019-10-19 03:15:30 / October 19, 2019 @ 3:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 153.0879° East, latitude -4.6309° South, depth = 55.29 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.29 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000629z. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000629z. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:15:30 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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