A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/16 / 2016-05-05 19:20:44 / May 5, 2016 @ 7:20 pm. Event id: us10005h2q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005h2q. The temblor was detected at 05:20:44 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 150.3501 East, latitude -6.2174 South, depth = 37.89 km. 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 37.89 km (24 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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