A earthquake magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006iy0, pt16244050. Id of event: us10006iy0. The epicenter was at a depth of 499.06 km (310 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Namatanai in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 499.06 km, 152.7879° East, -3.6914° South. The 6.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:11:36 / 1:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/16 / 2016-08-31 03:11:36 / August 31, 2016 @ 3:11 am.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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