A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 67 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (42 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k9ai. Id of event: us2000k9ai. Exact location of event, depth 44.9 km, 148.9688° East, -6.4144° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 19:30:10 / April 2, 2019 @ 7:30 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.9 km (28 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:30:10 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 67 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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