A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/03/18 / 2018-03-22 15:13:54 / March 22, 2018 @ 3:13 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 194.43 km (121 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000da5y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000da5y. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:13:54 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 150.4884° East, latitude -5.3275° South, depth = 194.43 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe. Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 45 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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