A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 11:22:28 / August 17, 2024 @ 11:22 am. Event id: us7000n7lr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7lr. Exact location, longitude 150.6495° East, latitude -5.0721° South, depth = 213.565 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:22:28 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 213.565 km (133 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe. Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km NE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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