A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.41 km (29 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:26:40 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20002zhr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002zhr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.3124 East, latitude -6.7836 South, depth = 47.41 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 23:26:40 / July 5, 2015 @ 11:26 pm.
The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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