A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Kavieng in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Exact location, longitude 151.1126° East, latitude -3.2283° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:58:52 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000gfz5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gfz5. Global time and date of event 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 06:58:52 / July 28, 2018 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kavieng (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Kavieng (c. 14 500 pop).
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 80 km SSE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.
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