A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.558 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000mx9b. Event ids that are associated: us6000mx9b. Exact location of event, depth 60.558 km, 147.0504° East, -6.0273° South. Global time and date of event 01/05/24 / 2024-05-01 02:39:30 / May 1, 2024 @ 2:39 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:39:30 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 77 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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