A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:33:06 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/15 / 2015-12-04 11:33:06 / December 4, 2015 @ 11:33 am. Exact location of event, longitude 154.6517 East, latitude -6.3301 South, depth = 69.23 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.23 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us100043a8. Ids that are associated to the event: us100043a8.
Event epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 92 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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