A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 240.49 km (149 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000heif. Unique identifier: us1000heif. Exact location of event, longitude 150.6863 East, latitude -5.2952 South, depth = 240.49 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/10/18 / 2018-10-16 00:23:09 / October 16, 2018 @ 12:23 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:23:09 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe. The epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-four 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 66 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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