A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:21:13 / 7:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 09:21:13 / October 16, 2016 @ 9:21 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.03 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007fv4. Unique identifier: us20007fv4. Exact location of event, longitude 152.8935 East, latitude -4.1907 South, depth = 49.03 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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 sixty 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 34 km NNW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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