A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 136 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (85 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.7867 East, latitude -7.3397 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 06/11/24 / 2024-11-06 21:34:04 / November 6, 2024 @ 9:34 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p716. Id of event: us6000p716. The temblor was reported at 21:34:04 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 136 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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