A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Arawa in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Global time and date of event 27/12/17 / 2017-12-27 16:33:06 / December 27, 2017 @ 4:33 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 142.5 km (89 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:33:06 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000bwrj. Event ids that are associated: us1000bwrj. Exact location of event, depth 142.5 km, 154.7898° East, -5.9196° South.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa. The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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: 88 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea.
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