A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0ai. Id of event: us7000n0ai. Exact location of earthquake, 146.714° East, -6.4778° South, depth 46.717 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.717 km (29 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/24 / 2024-07-10 01:38:20 / July 10, 2024 @ 1:38 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:38:20 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bulolo, Lae (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 41 km NW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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