A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 18:58:07 / July 4, 2018 @ 6:58 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000g1dm. Event ids that are associated: us2000g1dm. Exact location of earthquake, 150.2728° East, -6.225° South, depth 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:58:07 / 4:58 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km S of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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