A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. Exact location, longitude 146.1463° East, latitude -6.2237° South, depth = 64.809 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:11:15 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 01:11:15 / May 7, 2024 @ 1:11 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.809 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000mwvb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mwvb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Goroka, Kainantu (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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