A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Wau in Papua New Guinea. Exact location, longitude 147.1341° East, latitude -7.6537° South, depth = 145.132 km. The temblor was detected at 23:03:22 / 11:03 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nz45. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nz45. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 145.132 km (90 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/09/24 / 2024-09-25 23:03:22 / September 25, 2024 @ 11:03 pm.
The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bulolo, Wau. Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km SE of Wau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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