A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 02/11/24 / 2024-11-02 20:44:47 / November 2, 2024 @ 8:44 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 154.7519 East, latitude -6.2872 South, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us7000npl7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000npl7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:44:47 / 8:44 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 81 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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