A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 141.5925 East, latitude -2.8429 South, depth = 25.564 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 04:06:11 / December 3, 2024 @ 4:06 am. Event id: us7000nzba. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzba. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.564 km (16 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:06:11 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aitape, Vanimo, Vanimo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Aitape (c. 5 500 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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. 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: 36 km ESE of Vanimo, Papua New Guinea.
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