A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 120 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea (75 miles) on Wednesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:23:02 / 1:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 13:23:02 / November 20, 2024 @ 1:23 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 194.3 km (121 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000p6iq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p6iq. Exact location of earthquake, 146.9787° East, -5.6319° South, depth 194.3 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 120 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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