A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Popondetta in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 111.01 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/04/20 / 2020-04-10 19:26:45 / April 10, 2020 @ 7:26 pm. Exact location of event, depth 111.01 km, 148.1134° East, -8.6406° South. The temblor was picked up at 05:26:45 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008tfp. Unique identifier: us70008tfp.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokoda, Popondetta. Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from Popondetta (c. 28 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Kokoda (c. 6 200 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km NW of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea.
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