A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, depth 75.1 km, 154.7903° East, -6.2503° South. Event id: us1000639h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000639h. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 14:01:16 / July 13, 2016 @ 2:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 75.1 km (47 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:01:16 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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