A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.6525 East, latitude -5.9145 South, depth = 108.73 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:27:01 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.73 km (68 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000hbcl. Event ids that are associated: us2000hbcl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/18 / 2018-09-09 04:27:01 / September 9, 2018 @ 4:27 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae, Kainantu (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 96 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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