A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 18:12:13 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.6761 East, latitude -6.5758 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global time and date of event 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 08:12:13 / June 17, 2018 @ 8:12 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000etpc. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000etpc.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae. Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km W of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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