A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 13:25:25 / December 27, 2016 @ 1:25 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 152.1384° East, -3.8145° South. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:25:25 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10007t4p. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007t4p. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km WSW of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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