A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 146.9742 East, latitude -6.585 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:55:31 / 4:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/06/20 / 2020-06-04 04:55:31 / June 4, 2020 @ 4:55 am. Id of earthquake: us6000a9vl. Event ids that are associated: us6000a9vl.
Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wau, Bulolo, Lae (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 15 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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