A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 00:30:07 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20002vr9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vr9. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 14:30:07 / July 7, 2015 @ 2:30 pm. Exact location of event, depth 65.15 km, 147.5711° East, -6.2385° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.15 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae. Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 51 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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