A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:42:46 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 10:42:46 / May 10, 2024 @ 10:42 am. Exact location of event, longitude 155.0654 East, latitude -6.8187 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxpv. Unique identifier: us6000mxpv.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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