A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:33:51 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 23:33:51 / June 19, 2016 @ 11:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 152.2956° East, -4.8816° South, depth 57.24 km. Unique identifier: us200066hh. Ids that are associated to the event: us200066hh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.24 km (36 miles).
The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo. Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 58 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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