A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Friday. Exact location, longitude 147.4037° East, latitude -6.6211° South, depth = 58.743 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.743 km (37 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mqwk. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mqwk. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:54:27 / 6:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/06/24 / 2024-06-07 06:54:27 / June 7, 2024 @ 6:54 am.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 46 km ENE of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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