A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Wau in Papua New Guinea on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.147 East, latitude -7.7107 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 02:47:49 / September 23, 2024 @ 2:47 am UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:47:49 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ntsm. Id of event: us6000ntsm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bulolo, Wau (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven 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. 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: 62 km SE of Wau, Papua New Guinea.
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