A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004syy. Unique identifier: us10004syy. The temblor was picked up at 12:45:48 / 12:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.5453 East, latitude -5.9055 South, depth = 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/02/16 / 2016-02-24 02:45:48 / February 24, 2016 @ 2:45 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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