A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, depth 38.04 km, 146.7066° East, -5.984° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.04 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:58:14 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/18 / 2018-06-10 14:58:14 / June 10, 2018 @ 2:58 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000emr1. Unique identifier: us1000emr1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kainantu, Lae (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Close 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 two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty 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 earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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