A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. 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: us2000hicl. Id of event: us2000hicl. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:53:08 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 54.18 km, 155.1654° East, -6.5768° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/18 / 2018-09-16 15:53:08 / September 16, 2018 @ 3:53 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.18 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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