A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:07:15 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/18 / 2018-12-05 04:07:15 / December 5, 2018 @ 4:07 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 375.27 km (233 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000i2gd. Event ids that are associated: us1000i2gd. Exact location, longitude 149.7019° East, latitude -5.1454° South, depth = 375.27 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Close 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. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 66 km NW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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