A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002y0t. Id of event: us10002y0t. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 04:59:32 / August 5, 2015 @ 4:59 am. Exact location of event, depth 72.73 km, 147.517° East, -6.4111° South. The temblor was picked up at 14:59:32 / 2:59 pm (local time epicenter). 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 72.73 km (45 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop).
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 four and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km WNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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