A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 95.27 km, 147.0172° East, -6.6886° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/09/16 / 2016-09-11 14:40:44 / September 11, 2016 @ 2:40 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 95.27 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10006q5e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006q5e. The temblor was reported at 00:40:44 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 5 km (3 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wau, Bulolo, 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven 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.
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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: 5 km NE of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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