A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was picked up at 01:25:28 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Namatanai in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 15:25:28 / December 27, 2016 @ 3:25 pm. Id of earthquake: us10007n1k. Event ids that are associated: us10007n1k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 152.0923° East, -3.7304° South.
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 38 km W of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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