A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 16:42:55 / December 31, 2017 @ 4:42 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 118.75 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000cjzx. Event ids that are associated: us2000cjzx. The temblor was reported at 02:42:55 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 150.8215° East, -5.302° South, depth 118.75 km.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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