A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Goroka in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/16 / 2016-06-27 13:47:31 / June 27, 2016 @ 1:47 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 145.3068° East, latitude -6.0878° South, depth = 114.56 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000677a. Unique identifier: us2000677a. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.56 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:47:31 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kainantu, Kundiawa, Goroka. Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 9 km (6 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Kundiawa (c. 9 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 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: 8 km W of Goroka, Papua New Guinea.
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