A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ngxh. Unique identifier: us6000ngxh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/24 / 2024-07-18 21:24:04 / July 18, 2024 @ 9:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 146.751° East, -6.2752° South, depth 56.852 km. The temblor was reported at 21:24:04 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.852 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae. Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 56 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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