A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 05:55:48 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 151.89 km (94 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.2561 East, latitude -5.231 South, depth = 151.89 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/11/18 / 2018-11-12 19:55:48 / November 12, 2018 @ 7:55 pm. Event id: us1000hqyd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hqyd.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madang.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km E of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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