A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported New Britain region, Papua New Guinea kilometers (0 miles) from New Britain region, Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, 150.8116° East, -5.6848° South, depth 35 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:07:52 / 8:07 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10008n4y. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008n4y. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/04/17 / 2017-04-20 20:07:52 / April 20, 2017 @ 8:07 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: New Britain region, Papua New Guinea.
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