A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, 147.5459° East, -6.2048° South, depth 61.19 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61.19 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:20:55 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/18 / 2018-11-06 14:20:55 / November 6, 2018 @ 2:20 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000i7h4. Event ids that are associated: us2000i7h4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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