A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/12/17 / 2017-12-13 20:35:38 / December 13, 2017 @ 8:35 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000btt1. Event ids that are associated: us1000btt1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 92.97 km (58 miles). Exact location, longitude 145.1063° East, latitude -4.7281° South, depth = 92.97 km. The temblor was detected at 06:35:38 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang. Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 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: 94 km NW of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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