A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 61.6 km, 150.2842° East, -6.2466° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000cieu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000cieu. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.6 km (38 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 16:30:57 / January 26, 2018 @ 4:30 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:30:57 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter).
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). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-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 earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 78 km SSE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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