A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 19:33:20 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 119.73 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002vpq. Unique identifier: us20002vpq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 119.73 km, 150.1764° East, -5.7765° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 09:33:20 / July 7, 2015 @ 9:33 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km S of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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