A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/10/15 / 2015-10-28 14:10:02 / October 28, 2015 @ 2:10 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 152.8742 East, latitude -4.2226 South, depth = 40.85 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.85 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:10:02 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200040tb. Unique identifier: us200040tb.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo. Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km NNW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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