A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:18:30 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.45 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 71.45 km, 145.3951° East, -5.0106° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 18:18:30 / June 9, 2020 @ 6:18 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a8r0. Id of event: us6000a8r0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten 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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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: 49 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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