A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 23:19:31 / August 8, 2016 @ 11:19 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:19:31 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.1 km (25 miles). Exact location, longitude 151.9396° East, latitude -4.4296° South, depth = 40.1 km. Id of earthquake: us10006cxf. Event ids that are associated: us10006cxf.
The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul. Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km WSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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