A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Aitape in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 142.7634° East, latitude -3.1419° South, depth = 15.8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.8 km (10 miles). Unique identifier: us100041rl. Ids that are associated to the event: us100041rl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:23:51 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 13:23:51 / November 25, 2015 @ 1:23 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Aitape (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aitape.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km E of Aitape, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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