A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 147 km SSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (91 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000n8vl. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n8vl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 00:02:49 / June 21, 2024 @ 12:02 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:02:49 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 150.4225 East, latitude -3.8502 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 147 km SSW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.
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