A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Vanimo in Papua New Guinea on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 09:43:39 / August 16, 2024 @ 9:43 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.09 km (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 141.2341° East, -3.3029° South, depth 25.09 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7dg. Unique identifier: us7000n7dg. The temblor was detected at 09:43:39 / 9:43 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vanimo, Vanimo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 68 km S of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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