A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Arawa in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 176.66 km (110 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us700038wx. Event ids that are associated: us700038wx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 154.9664 East, latitude -5.9537 South, depth = 176.66 km. Global time and date of event 18/04/19 / 2019-04-18 21:05:02 / April 18, 2019 @ 9:05 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:05:02 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 69 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea.
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