A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.69 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:42:26 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/18 / 2018-05-03 22:42:26 / May 3, 2018 @ 10:42 pm. Unique identifier: us1000dxkk. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dxkk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 147.2993° East, latitude -6.0262° South, depth = 61.69 km.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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