A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 84 km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (52 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:38:47 / 1:38 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 13:38:47 / August 17, 2024 @ 1:38 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7ma. Unique identifier: us7000n7ma. Exact location of event, longitude 147.8094 East, latitude -5.7909 South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km N of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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