A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 03:21:19 / August 8, 2024 @ 3:21 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 130.501 km (81 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:21:19 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000nn9q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nn9q. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.4565 East, latitude -5.4486 South, depth = 130.501 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madang (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-four 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km ESE of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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