A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 03:48:27 / July 29, 2024 @ 3:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:48:27 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.444 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 145.2949° East, -5.1987° South, depth 74.444 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nk58. Id of event: us6000nk58.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 54 km W of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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