A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Kokoda in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 18:31:56 / 6:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000nss3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nss3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 18:31:56 / September 17, 2024 @ 6:31 pm. Exact location, longitude 147.2397° East, latitude -8.161° South, depth = 10.524 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.524 km (7 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Kokoda (c. 6 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokoda (min 5000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 96 km NW of Kokoda, Papua New Guinea.
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