A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, depth 151.74 km, 152.7457° East, -3.8029° South. The temblor was detected at 20:43:16 / 8:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g8w0. Id of event: us1000g8w0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 151.74 km (94 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/18 / 2018-08-08 10:43:16 / August 8, 2018 @ 10:43 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km ESE of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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