A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Global time and date of event 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 11:58:56 / July 24, 2016 @ 11:58 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000680j. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000680j. The temblor was picked up at 21:58:56 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 39.39 km (24 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 152.8894° East, -4.8793° South, depth 39.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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