A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68.36 km (42 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/07/20 / 2020-07-01 05:39:45 / July 1, 2020 @ 5:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.4175 East, latitude -6.1901 South, depth = 68.36 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:39:45 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000aflz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000aflz.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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