A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 145.9681° East, -5.6014° South, depth 54.202 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:46:19 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.202 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/06/24 / 2024-06-10 03:46:19 / June 10, 2024 @ 3:46 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mrex. Id of event: us7000mrex.
Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Goroka, Kainantu, Madang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km SSE of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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