A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 155.0317° East, -6.828° South. 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 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 05/10/24 / 2024-10-05 16:24:06 / October 5, 2024 @ 4:24 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 16:24:06 / 4:24 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000nmxg. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmxg.
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 75 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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