A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:32:03 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 64.75 km, 146.7299° East, -5.9799° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 03:32:03 / June 15, 2018 @ 3:32 am. Unique identifier: us1000eryq. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000eryq. The epicenter was at a depth of 64.75 km (40 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kainantu, Lae. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 86 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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