A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.7534 East, latitude -6.9625 South, depth = 80.37 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/07/16 / 2016-07-30 13:31:59 / July 30, 2016 @ 1:31 pm. The temblor was picked up at 00:31:59 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 80.37 km (50 miles). Event id: us100068rw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100068rw.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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