A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Lorengau in Papua New Guinea. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 02:23:48 / August 1, 2018 @ 2:23 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:23:48 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 147.2914° East, -2.7476° South, depth 20.45 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.45 km (13 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g46y. Unique identifier: us1000g46y.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Lorengau (c. 5 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lorengau (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen 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.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 80 km S of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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