A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Ambunti in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/11/24 / 2024-11-23 14:43:18 / November 23, 2024 @ 2:43 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.567 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000p79h. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p79h. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:43:18 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 143.022° East, latitude -4.1388° South, depth = 78.567 km.
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wewak.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 24 km ENE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea.
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