A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was reported at 14:24:06 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 155.1909 East, latitude -6.6271 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/06/15 / 2015-06-22 03:24:06 / June 22, 2015 @ 3:24 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Id of earthquake: us20002vzq. Event ids that are associated: us20002vzq.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa. Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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