A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mxtm. Id of event: us7000mxtm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 117.236 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 117.236 km, 145.7276° East, -5.1717° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/24 / 2024-07-01 13:19:41 / July 1, 2024 @ 1:19 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:19:41 / 1:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madang. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NW of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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