A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 14:35:50 / July 28, 2018 @ 2:35 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 152.8396° East, latitude -4.5352° South, depth = 87.25 km. Id of earthquake: us1000g1ys. Event ids that are associated: us1000g1ys. The epicenter was at a depth of 87.25 km (54 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:35:50 / 12:35 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 22 km WSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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