A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Goroka in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Global time and date of event 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 10:28:36 / January 13, 2020 @ 10:28 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 145.5841° East, latitude -6.2018° South, depth = 128.46 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 128.46 km (80 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:28:36 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70006z43. Event ids that are associated: us70006z43.
Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kundiawa (c. 9 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kundiawa, Kainantu, Goroka. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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: 25 km ESE of Goroka, Papua New Guinea.
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