A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/03/16 / 2016-03-21 16:28:42 / March 21, 2016 @ 4:28 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:28:42 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20005c8n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005c8n. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.02 East, latitude -5.1582 South, depth = 127.04 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 127.04 km (79 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madang (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty 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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 25 km ENE of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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