A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 155.5103° East, -7.0486° South, depth 103.057 km. The temblor was detected at 03:50:24 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/10/24 / 2024-10-13 03:50:24 / October 13, 2024 @ 3:50 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000nydp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nydp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 103.057 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 81 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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