A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97.83 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:59:46 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 153.0473° East, latitude -4.426° South, depth = 97.83 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003v62. Id of event: us10003v62. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/15 / 2015-11-03 15:59:46 / November 3, 2015 @ 3:59 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 4 km NNE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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