A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 197 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (122 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000910b. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000910b. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.7753° East, -6.2767° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:14:06 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/04/20 / 2020-04-21 13:14:06 / April 21, 2020 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT.
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 four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 197 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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