A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/04/20 / 2020-04-13 14:37:57 / April 13, 2020 @ 2:37 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us700090h8. Unique identifier: us700090h8. The temblor was reported at 00:37:57 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 305.12 km (190 miles). Exact location of event, depth 305.12 km, 149.4331° East, -5.2062° South.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 87 km WNW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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