A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Kandrian 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 detected at 08:55:35 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 58.16 km (36 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 149.9725° East, -6.283° South, depth 58.16 km. Global time and date of event 19/12/18 / 2018-12-19 22:55:35 / December 19, 2018 @ 10:55 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j0b1. Unique identifier: us2000j0b1.
Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 47 km E of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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