A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Arawa in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/08/15 / 2015-08-15 04:30:26 / August 15, 2015 @ 4:30 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:30:26 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 155.3615 East, latitude -6.0549 South, depth = 53.22 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.22 km (33 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100032ll. Id of event: us100032ll. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 26 km NW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea.
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