A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005jti. Unique identifier: us20005jti. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:20:31 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 96.04 km, 150.7875° East, -5.78° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/04/16 / 2016-04-11 14:20:31 / April 11, 2016 @ 2:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 96.04 km (60 miles).
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 75 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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