A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063kq. Id of event: us200063kq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 142.7748 East, latitude -5.2311 South, depth = 70.42 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 70.42 km (44 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:48:10 / 7:48 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 21:48:10 / June 6, 2016 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 four 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 53 km WNW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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