A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:31:40 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.7795 East, latitude -5.4557 South, depth = 81.22 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/01/18 / 2018-01-10 20:31:40 / January 10, 2018 @ 8:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.22 km (50 miles). Event id: us2000ck4p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ck4p.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 71 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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