A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.645 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.5756 East, latitude -6.4657 South, depth = 52.645 km. The temblor was reported at 23:41:45 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/07/24 / 2024-07-02 23:41:45 / July 2, 2024 @ 11:41 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000n9xp. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n9xp.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km WNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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