A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/06/18 / 2018-06-13 18:45:50 / June 13, 2018 @ 6:45 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:45:50 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.94 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000evl0. Unique identifier: us1000evl0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.2952 East, latitude -4.655 South, depth = 69.94 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-two 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: 33 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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