A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Global time and date of event 14/02/16 / 2016-02-14 14:36:16 / February 14, 2016 @ 2:36 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 198.63 km, 150.3746° East, -5.2253° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004qjf. Id of event: us10004qjf. The temblor was detected at 00:36:16 / 12:36 am (local time epicenter). 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 198.63 km (123 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 44 km (28 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe. Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 44 km NE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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