A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. Id of earthquake: us10006cc0. Event ids that are associated: us10006cc0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 153.0096° East, -4.3391° South, depth 22.44 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/16 / 2016-08-06 07:03:16 / August 6, 2016 @ 7:03 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.44 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:03:16 / 5:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 14 km N of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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