A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 153 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (95 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 83.14 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 83.14 km, 151.5273° East, -5.5988° South. The temblor was detected at 13:06:41 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 03:06:41 / July 13, 2018 @ 3:06 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000g3nq. Unique identifier: us2000g3nq.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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: 153 km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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