A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us1000dvvj. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dvvj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 12:17:12 / May 2, 2018 @ 12:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 149.8331° East, latitude -6.1151° South, depth = 35 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:17:12 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe.
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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km ENE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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