A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Kokoda in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was reported at 05:32:34 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nwgq. Event ids that are associated: us7000nwgq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 05:32:34 / December 6, 2024 @ 5:32 am. Exact location of event, longitude 147.6482 East, latitude -8.4712 South, depth = 127.865 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.865 km (79 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Popondetta (c. 28 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Kokoda (c. 6 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Popondetta, Kokoda (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 46 km NNW of Kokoda, Papua New Guinea.
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