A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Angoram in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 17:32:48 / May 13, 2018 @ 5:32 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 124.7 km (77 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:32:48 / 3:32 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000e79c. Event ids that are associated: us1000e79c. Exact location of event, longitude 143.5684 East, latitude -4.2323 South, depth = 124.7 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wewak (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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