A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea kilometers (0 miles) from New Britain region, Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, longitude 150.6623 East, latitude -5.9193 South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 19:27:09 / August 15, 2018 @ 7:27 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:27:09 / 7:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000g9w1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g9w1.
Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: New Britain region, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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