A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 13:54:07 / May 28, 2024 @ 1:54 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000n1h9. Event ids that are associated: us6000n1h9. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.6674 East, latitude -5.315 South, depth = 90.286 km. 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 90.286 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:54:07 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Madang.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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