A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. Id of earthquake: us6000n8ah. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8ah. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/06/24 / 2024-06-11 02:10:06 / June 11, 2024 @ 2:10 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 145.9965° East, latitude -5.1267° South, depth = 194.726 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:10:06 / 2:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 194.726 km (121 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madang (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 25 km ENE of Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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