A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Kavieng in Papua New Guinea. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/02/18 / 2018-02-08 23:29:00 / February 8, 2018 @ 11:29 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:29:00 / 9:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.59 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 150.3622 East, latitude -3.1226 South, depth = 5.59 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000cz8q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cz8q.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kavieng. Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Kavieng (c. 14 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 77 km SW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.
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