A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/09/17 / 2017-09-06 19:54:11 / September 6, 2017 @ 7:54 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000arpz. Unique identifier: us2000arpz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.91 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 146.5067° East, latitude -6.475° South, depth = 107.91 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:54:11 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bulolo, Kainantu, Lae (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km WNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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