A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Ambunti in Papua New Guinea on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n06v. Unique identifier: us7000n06v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:51:33 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 143.1568° East, latitude -3.97° South, depth = 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 04:51:33 / July 19, 2024 @ 4:51 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wewak. Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop). 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km NE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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