A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 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). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/05/16 / 2016-05-26 18:40:28 / May 26, 2016 @ 6:40 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 146.25 km (91 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:40:28 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 145.9121° East, latitude -5.1554° South, depth = 146.25 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005y6s. Unique identifier: us20005y6s.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (9 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 14 km ENE of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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