A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.397 km (36 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngr9. Id of event: us7000ngr9. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:40:55 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 05:40:55 / September 27, 2024 @ 5:40 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.3316 East, latitude -7.1974 South, depth = 58.397 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bulolo, Wau, Lae. Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km SE of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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