A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Lorengau in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/02/16 / 2016-02-03 19:46:27 / February 3, 2016 @ 7:46 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 23.9 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 146.9456 East, latitude -2.6722 South, depth = 23.9 km. Id of earthquake: us20004y5k. Event ids that are associated: us20004y5k. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:46:27 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lorengau (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Lorengau (c. 5 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 80 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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