A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:13:11 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 146.618° East, -5.9732° South, depth 52.28 km. Global time and date of event 09/09/24 / 2024-09-09 09:13:11 / September 9, 2024 @ 9:13 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.28 km (32 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nqlj. Id of event: us6000nqlj.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae, Kainantu. Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 90 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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