A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/24 / 2024-06-13 02:29:49 / June 13, 2024 @ 2:29 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:29:49 / 2:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 145.9859° East, -5.7684° South, depth 67.84 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.84 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000ms22. Event ids that are associated: us7000ms22. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Madang, Kainantu. Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NNE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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