A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 90.38 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:40:36 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 152.1293° East, latitude -3.8595° South, depth = 90.38 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/12/17 / 2017-12-29 08:40:36 / December 29, 2017 @ 8:40 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000bxkr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bxkr.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul. Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 37 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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