A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 126 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea (78 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 196.24 km (122 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/06/16 / 2016-06-30 16:26:58 / June 30, 2016 @ 4:26 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 196.24 km, 147.1365° East, -5.5882° South. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:26:58 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10005ysh. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005ysh.
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 five and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 126 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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