A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Popondetta in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was picked up at 21:38:17 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 148.0926° East, -8.1254° South, depth 47.48 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/16 / 2016-10-06 11:38:17 / October 6, 2016 @ 11:38 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007cbs. Id of event: us20007cbs. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.48 km (30 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokoda, Popondetta. Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Popondetta (c. 28 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kokoda (c. 6 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 71 km NNW of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea.
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