A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p78m. Id of event: us6000p78m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:15:31 / 11:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 146.4787° East, latitude -6.4488° South, depth = 105.227 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105.227 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/11/24 / 2024-11-23 11:15:31 / November 23, 2024 @ 11:15 am.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bulolo, Kainantu, Lae (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km WNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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