A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/02/20 / 2020-02-18 19:22:54 / February 18, 2020 @ 7:22 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 135.15 km (84 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.4555 East, latitude -5.3616 South, depth = 135.15 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:22:54 / 5:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70007vxk. Ids that are associated to the event: us70007vxk.
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km WNW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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