A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:25:30 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/24 / 2024-06-20 08:25:30 / June 20, 2024 @ 8:25 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n8na. Unique identifier: us6000n8na. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 154.8096° East, -6.2706° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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