A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Aitape in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 18:02:01 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.07 km (23 miles). Unique identifier: us2000cjmn. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cjmn. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 08:02:01 / January 15, 2018 @ 8:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.9065 East, latitude -3.0159 South, depth = 37.07 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vanimo, Vanimo, Aitape. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Aitape (c. 5 500 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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