A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Wau in Papua New Guinea. 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: 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 01:08:57 / May 15, 2024 @ 1:08 am. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:08:57 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 99.001 km, 147.3252° East, -7.7564° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.001 km (62 miles). Unique identifier: us6000n0a1. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0a1.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wau (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 81 km SE of Wau, Papua New Guinea.
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