A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:05:46 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.43 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us70006bj2. Event ids that are associated: us70006bj2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/19 / 2019-11-22 11:05:46 / November 22, 2019 @ 11:05 am. Exact location of earthquake, 150.0045° East, -6.2514° South, depth 58.43 km.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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