A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Kokoda in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ka91. Id of event: us2000ka91. The temblor was detected at 01:06:55 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/19 / 2019-04-04 15:06:55 / April 4, 2019 @ 3:06 pm. Exact location, longitude 147.4568° East, latitude -8.6564° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Port Moresby (c. 283 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Popondetta (c. 28 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Kokoda (c. 6 200 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port Moresby, Popondetta, Kokoda (min 5000 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 39 km NW of Kokoda, Papua New Guinea.
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