A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Angoram in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/12/15 / 2015-12-04 17:02:49 / December 4, 2015 @ 5:02 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.9 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 144.1855 East, latitude -4.8298 South, depth = 110.9 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:02:49 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us100043dy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100043dy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wabag (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 85 km S of Angoram, Papua New Guinea.
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