A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.59 km (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:26:00 / 11:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 145.9549° East, latitude -6.2649° South, depth = 110.59 km. Event id: us70008p8u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008p8u. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 13:26:00 / April 5, 2020 @ 1:26 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Goroka, Kainantu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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