A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/03/18 / 2018-03-23 05:01:30 / March 23, 2018 @ 5:01 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000d7u6. Event ids that are associated: us1000d7u6. The temblor was reported at 15:01:30 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 166.17 km (103 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 149.5799° East, -5.7589° South, depth 166.17 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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