A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 451.45 km (281 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:46:35 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10004bty. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004bty. Exact location of event, longitude 152.2741 East, latitude -3.6526 South, depth = 451.45 km. Global time and date of event 30/12/15 / 2015-12-30 16:46:35 / December 30, 2015 @ 4:46 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km W of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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