A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Tari in Papua New Guinea on Friday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:34:43 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mytd. Id of event: us7000mytd. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.7353 East, latitude -6.3905 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/07/24 / 2024-07-05 06:34:43 / July 5, 2024 @ 6:34 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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