A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:07:49 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.63 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20006f6w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006f6w. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/16 / 2016-07-16 14:07:49 / July 16, 2016 @ 2:07 pm. Exact location of event, depth 27.63 km, 140.9528° East, -3.058° South.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jayapura, Abepura, Vanimo. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Jayapura (c. 134 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Abepura (c. 62 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop). Close country/countries, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop), Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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 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: 57 km SW of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea.
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