A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.6346 East, latitude -6.4768 South, depth = 64.361 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.361 km (40 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mz7t. Unique identifier: us6000mz7t. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:41:40 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 12:41:40 / May 12, 2024 @ 12:41 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ten 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 25 km WNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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