A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100.49 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:58:28 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 20:58:28 / January 13, 2018 @ 8:58 pm. Event id: us2000cjcy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjcy. Exact location of event, longitude 151.7555 East, latitude -4.9225 South, depth = 100.49 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo. Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 84 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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