A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Arawa in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, 155.0528° East, -5.9535° South, depth 89.63 km. Global time and date of event 19/10/15 / 2015-10-19 23:59:37 / October 19, 2015 @ 11:59 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:59:37 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10003r0h. Event ids that are associated: us10003r0h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 89.63 km (56 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 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 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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