A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Arawa in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100032ff. Id of event: us100032ff. Exact location of event, depth 55.55 km, 155.4738° East, -6.1484° South. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:25:35 / 9:25 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/08/15 / 2015-08-14 22:25:35 / August 14, 2015 @ 10:25 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.55 km (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 10 km (6 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa.
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 thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km NW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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