A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Global time and date of event 23/12/17 / 2017-12-23 16:16:05 / December 23, 2017 @ 4:16 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.73 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us1000bve6. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bve6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35.73 km, 151.6746° East, -3.6291° South. The temblor was picked up at 02:16:05 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 83 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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