A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/20 / 2020-01-27 20:57:05 / January 27, 2020 @ 8:57 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.305 East, latitude -5.4502 South, depth = 151.7 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:57:05 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60007hjx. Unique identifier: us60007hjx. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 151.7 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 21 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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