A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.6716 East, latitude -6.182 South, depth = 66.2 km. Event id: us7000nz6s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nz6s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.2 km (41 miles). Global time and date of event 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 05:26:39 / December 16, 2024 @ 5:26 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:26:39 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 six and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 45 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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