A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Finschhafen 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 event, depth 35.13 km, 147.4905° East, -6.1302° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000680e. Id of event: us1000680e. Global time and date of event 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 01:25:44 / July 24, 2016 @ 1:25 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.13 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:25:44 / 11:25 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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