A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude 152.9251° East, latitude -4.3735° South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/18 / 2018-08-08 18:02:59 / August 8, 2018 @ 6:02 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g8wg. Id of event: us1000g8wg. The temblor was picked up at 04:02:59 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 five and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 15 km NW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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