A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Unique identifier: us6000p7k6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p7k6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.696 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/11/24 / 2024-11-25 10:46:03 / November 25, 2024 @ 10:46 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 10:46:03 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 147.2496° East, latitude -6.0377° South, depth = 59.696 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 80 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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