A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Global time and date of event 26/03/17 / 2017-03-26 06:53:46 / March 26, 2017 @ 6:53 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:53:46 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.2757 East, latitude -5.1925 South, depth = 83.12 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20008urz. Unique identifier: us20008urz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 83.12 km (52 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 57 km W of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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