A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:02:44 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 150.6114° East, latitude -6.0723° South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 04:02:44 / May 24, 2024 @ 4:02 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000n0ml. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0ml.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe. Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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