A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/08/15 / 2015-08-21 17:42:55 / August 21, 2015 @ 5:42 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:42:55 / 3:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 117.87 km, 146.7288° East, -6.2932° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117.87 km (73 miles). Event id: us1000341p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000341p.
The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kainantu, Lae (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 three and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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 NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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