A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.26 km (24 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:15:17 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 07:15:17 / July 26, 2016 @ 7:15 am. Unique identifier: us20006hpb. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006hpb. Exact location of event, depth 38.26 km, 151.5925° East, -3.9036° South.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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: 72 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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