A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Unique identifier: us20006h6y. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006h6y. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 147.5463 East, latitude -6.4736 South, depth = 75.57 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.57 km (47 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 05:39:51 / July 24, 2016 @ 5:39 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:39:51 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 38 km WNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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