A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:48:58 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 19:48:58 / December 24, 2018 @ 7:48 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000j30g. Event ids that are associated: us2000j30g. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.35 km (28 miles). Exact location, longitude 149.7612° East, latitude -6.0258° South, depth = 45.35 km.
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 31 km NE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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