A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Arawa in Papua New Guinea. Exact location, longitude 154.7648° East, latitude -5.9129° South, depth = 164.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/20 / 2020-04-25 17:32:47 / April 25, 2020 @ 5:32 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009cat. Id of event: us60009cat. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 164.21 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 04:32:47 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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