A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Bulolo in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 154.73 km (96 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 146.1105° East, -6.909° South, depth 154.73 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008n95. Unique identifier: us10008n95. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/04/17 / 2017-04-24 16:34:15 / April 24, 2017 @ 4:34 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:34:15 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wau, Kainantu, Bulolo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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