A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:13:12 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10007378. Event ids that are associated: us10007378. The epicenter was at a depth of 350.73 km (218 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 152.0303 East, latitude -3.4467 South, depth = 350.73 km. Global time and date of event 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 06:13:12 / October 31, 2016 @ 6:13 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 50 km WNW of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea.
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