A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.36 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us100030sx. Unique identifier: us100030sx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:27:44 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.1028 East, latitude -4.548 South, depth = 83.36 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/15 / 2015-07-20 03:27:44 / July 20, 2015 @ 3:27 am.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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