A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was reported at 00:30:42 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 152.1543° East, -3.7877° South, depth 16.65 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.65 km (10 miles). Event id: us10007t4s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007t4s. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 14:30:42 / December 27, 2016 @ 2:30 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km WSW of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea.
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