A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kokoda in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 09:09:48 / March 6, 2016 @ 9:09 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.49 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 19:09:48 / 7:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 123.49 km, 147.7355° East, -8.4943° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004whn. Unique identifier: us10004whn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Popondetta, Kokoda. Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Popondetta (c. 28 200 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Kokoda (c. 6 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km N of Kokoda, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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