A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 09:12:55 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000e24y. Id of event: us2000e24y. Exact location, longitude 146.5745° East, latitude -5.9719° South, depth = 53.25 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53.25 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/04/18 / 2018-04-11 23:12:55 / April 11, 2018 @ 11:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae, Kainantu. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 85 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.
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