A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.81 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008wm9. Id of event: us70008wm9. Exact location of earthquake, 146.8678° East, -6.0412° South, depth 51.81 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 04:13:44 / April 7, 2020 @ 4:13 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:13:44 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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