A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was picked up at 23:15:25 / 11:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 13:15:25 / December 27, 2016 @ 1:15 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.1695 East, latitude -3.792 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us10007t4n. Event ids that are associated: us10007t4n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
Each 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. 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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 32 km WSW of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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