A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 90.629 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 04:24:15 / May 7, 2024 @ 4:24 am. The temblor was reported at 04:24:15 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000myis. Unique identifier: us6000myis. Exact location of event, depth 90.629 km, 152.743° East, -4.286° South.
Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 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 two, 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 in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 53 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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