A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Aitape in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:00:23 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000msdt. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000msdt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/06/24 / 2024-06-08 03:00:23 / June 8, 2024 @ 3:00 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 142.7536° East, latitude -3.1776° South, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Aitape (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aitape (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five 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 earthquakes in the world.
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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: 45 km E of Aitape, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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