A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 23 km NNE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea (14 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: us200063zk. Ids that are associated to the event: us200063zk. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:35:21 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/06/16 / 2016-06-12 20:35:21 / June 12, 2016 @ 8:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.9047° East, latitude -4.0298° South, depth = 121.02 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 121.02 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km NNE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea.
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