A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007t1n. Unique identifier: us10007t1n. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/12/16 / 2016-12-26 01:24:58 / December 26, 2016 @ 1:24 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:24:58 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 58.04 km, 147.5391° East, -6.9075° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.04 km (36 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 49 km SW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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