A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Denman in Australia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/09/24 / 2024-09-06 19:58:33 / September 6, 2024 @ 7:58 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nq6h. Unique identifier: us6000nq6h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:58:33 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 150.7448° East, -32.3238° South, depth 8.069 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.069 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Maitland (c. 67 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cessnock (c. 16 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Singleton (c. 13 700 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Muswellbrook (c. 11 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from East Maitland (c. 11 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kurri Kurri (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was East Maitland, Maitland, Kurri Kurri.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km NE of Denman, Australia.
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