A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.79 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 145.8557 East, latitude -5.8746 South, depth = 124.79 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:38:41 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100069h3. Event ids that are associated: us100069h3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/07/16 / 2016-07-27 22:38:41 / July 27, 2016 @ 10:38 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madang, Goroka, Kainantu (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km N of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.
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