A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034gs. Id of event: us100034gs. Exact location, longitude 147.4569° East, latitude -6.0971° South, depth = 39.49 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 21:34:54 / August 6, 2015 @ 9:34 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.49 km (25 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:34:54 / 7:34 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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