A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Tari in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 142.5159° East, -6.3404° South. Unique identifier: us6000n9i3. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n9i3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/06/24 / 2024-06-30 23:03:49 / June 30, 2024 @ 11:03 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:03:49 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 72 km SW of Tari, Papua New Guinea.
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