A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Ambunti in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 13:08:52 / April 29, 2024 @ 1:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 143.222° East, -4.0976° South, depth 13.151 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.151 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:08:52 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000muvv. Event ids that are associated: us6000muvv.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wewak (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, 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 in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 46 km ENE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea.
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