A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Goroka in Papua New Guinea on Friday. Exact location, longitude 145.2286° East, latitude -6.842° South, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us20002wkl. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002wkl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:36:46 / 5:36 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/06/15 / 2015-06-26 07:36:46 / June 26, 2015 @ 7:36 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Goroka (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 one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 85 km SSW of Goroka, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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