A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea kilometers (0 miles) from Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us2000gg52. Event ids that are associated: us2000gg52. Exact location of earthquake, 155.0969° East, -6.7181° South, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 12:23:22 / July 28, 2018 @ 12:23 pm. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:23:22 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 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 four and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
Did you feel anything?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply