A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 152.2735° East, latitude -4.9661° South, depth = 60.63 km. Global time and date of event 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 16:26:55 / December 31, 2017 @ 4:26 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.63 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cjzw. Unique identifier: us2000cjzw. The temblor was reported at 02:26:55 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 67 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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