A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 52 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (32 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.1048 East, latitude -6.1917 South, depth = 58.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:05:56 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/11/19 / 2019-11-07 17:05:56 / November 7, 2019 @ 5:05 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us60006bxy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006bxy. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.46 km (36 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
Did you feel anything?
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: 52 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply