A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Unique identifier: us700059t6. Ids that are associated to the event: us700059t6. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 297.3 km (185 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.3893 East, latitude -5.0255 South, depth = 297.3 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/08/19 / 2019-08-24 20:01:14 / August 24, 2019 @ 8:01 pm. The temblor was detected at 06:01:14 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km NNE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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