A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 16:01:31 / May 7, 2024 @ 4:01 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 61.08 km, 146.1426° East, -5.556° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myj5. Id of event: us6000myj5. The temblor was detected at 16:01:31 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61.08 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kainantu, Madang (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km SE of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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