A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 149.7682° East, -5.0108° South, depth 396.92 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/05/20 / 2020-05-17 07:34:00 / May 17, 2020 @ 7:34 am. The temblor was detected at 07:34:00 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009ne0. Id of event: us70009ne0. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 396.92 km (247 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km NW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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