A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.2809 East, latitude -5.6317 South, depth = 123.15 km. Id of earthquake: us2000fqcf. Event ids that are associated: us2000fqcf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:37:33 / 8:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.15 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/18 / 2018-06-23 22:37:33 / June 23, 2018 @ 10:37 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kainantu, Madang (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 70 km SE of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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