A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 16:08:20 / December 27, 2016 @ 4:08 pm. Exact location of event, depth 17.13 km, 152.3095° East, -3.8902° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.13 km (11 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:08:20 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007t5a. Unique identifier: us10007t5a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km SSW of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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