A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/12/17 / 2017-12-29 03:41:45 / December 29, 2017 @ 3:41 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.06 km (40 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bxgx. Unique identifier: us1000bxgx. The temblor was picked up at 13:41:45 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 151.6714° East, latitude -3.5111° South, depth = 64.06 km.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul. Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve 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. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km WNW of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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