A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Kieta in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 125.78 km (78 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 20:04:24 / September 19, 2015 @ 8:04 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us20003lz4. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003lz4. The temblor was reported at 07:04:24 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.8716 East, latitude -6.6396 South, depth = 125.78 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa. Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
Did you feel anything?
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. 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: 53 km SSE of Kieta, Papua New Guinea.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply