A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 128 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (80 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:41:20 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000ka16. Event ids that are associated: us2000ka16. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 184.09 km (114 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 147.4456° East, -5.5191° South, depth 184.09 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/04/19 / 2019-04-04 02:41:20 / April 4, 2019 @ 2:41 am UTC/GMT.
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. 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 fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 128 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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