A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ambunti in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, longitude 143.3139 East, latitude -4.3028 South, depth = 123.644 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000nt01. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nt01. Global time and date of event 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 05:39:36 / September 19, 2024 @ 5:39 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:39:36 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 123.644 km (77 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wewak (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km E of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea.
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