A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005e2y. Id of event: us10005e2y. The temblor was reported at 08:39:56 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/04/16 / 2016-04-27 23:39:56 / April 27, 2016 @ 11:39 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 140.9872° East, -3.2232° South. 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 Jayapura, Abepura, Vanimo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 70 km SSW of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea.
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