A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Angoram in Papua New Guinea. Unique identifier: us10005z4n. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005z4n. The temblor was detected at 20:43:06 / 8:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 144.1234° East, -4.7968° South, depth 126.46 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 126.46 km (79 miles). Global time and date of event 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 10:43:06 / June 26, 2016 @ 10:43 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wabag (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km S of Angoram, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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