A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was picked up at 07:59:14 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 147.2048 East, latitude -5.985 South, depth = 103.283 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 103.283 km (64 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 07:59:14 / April 23, 2024 @ 7:59 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mt5f. Id of event: us6000mt5f.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae. Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 84 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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