A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 127 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (79 miles) on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngk8. Id of event: us7000ngk8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 00:46:00 / September 22, 2024 @ 12:46 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.185 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:46:00 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.8641 East, latitude -7.405 South, depth = 112.185 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 127 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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