A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 18:26:15 / June 13, 2018 @ 6:26 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 158.8 km (99 miles). Unique identifier: us1000eq5m. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eq5m. The temblor was detected at 05:26:15 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 155.2519 East, latitude -6.2227 South, depth = 158.8 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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