A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 152.7377 East, latitude -4.8333 South, depth = 57.59 km. Event id: us10005ysy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005ysy. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/16 / 2016-06-30 17:08:57 / June 30, 2016 @ 5:08 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.59 km (36 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:08:57 / 3:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ninety 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 52 km SW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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