A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 149.5032° East, -5.6486° South, depth 126.05 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/10/18 / 2018-10-22 13:36:15 / October 22, 2018 @ 1:36 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hh2y. Unique identifier: us1000hh2y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:36:15 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 126.05 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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