A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. 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 94 km (58 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 145.9244° East, -5.6371° South, depth 94 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:59:15 / 8:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us70008qiv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008qiv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 10:59:15 / April 7, 2020 @ 10:59 am.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Kainantu, Madang (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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