A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ambunti in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 07:07:01 / 7:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.9468 East, latitude -4.0135 South, depth = 63.1 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.1 km (39 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 07:07:01 / May 2, 2024 @ 7:07 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxgf. Unique identifier: us6000mxgf.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wewak. Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km NNE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea.
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