A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/18 / 2018-07-20 05:26:20 / July 20, 2018 @ 5:26 am. The temblor was reported at 15:26:20 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.28 km (40 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000gdkw. Unique identifier: us2000gdkw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 145.2586° East, latitude -4.7109° South, depth = 64.28 km.
Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km NW of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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