A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. Global time and date of event 16/06/16 / 2016-06-16 17:10:42 / June 16, 2016 @ 5:10 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us200065zk. Event ids that are associated: us200065zk. The temblor was picked up at 03:10:42 / 3:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.87 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 147.4161° East, latitude -6.0412° South, depth = 58.87 km.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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