A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 79.75 km (50 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:23:14 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/16 / 2016-05-07 12:23:14 / May 7, 2016 @ 12:23 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 79.75 km, 147.4964° East, -6.1132° South. Event id: us10005fq4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005fq4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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