A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.99 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 66.99 km, 147.3672° East, -6.4356° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e5dn. Unique identifier: us1000e5dn. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:25:08 / 8:25 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 10:25:08 / May 15, 2018 @ 10:25 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop).
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 fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km NE of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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