A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n08i. Id of event: us6000n08i. The epicenter was at a depth of 67.916 km (42 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 67.916 km, 147.2464° East, -6.3288° South. Global time and date of event 22/05/24 / 2024-05-22 09:28:35 / May 22, 2024 @ 9:28 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 09:28:35 / 9:28 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae. Epicenter of the event was 52 km (33 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 51 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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