A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005i7a. Id of event: us10005i7a. The temblor was picked up at 13:22:47 / 1:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 155.368 East, latitude -6.2507 South, depth = 152.84 km. Global time and date of event 09/05/16 / 2016-05-09 02:22:47 / May 9, 2016 @ 2:22 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 152.84 km (95 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa. The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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