A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 08:00:44 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 274.96 km (171 miles). Unique identifier: us2000d70s. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d70s. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/02/18 / 2018-02-15 22:00:44 / February 15, 2018 @ 10:00 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 152.0053° East, latitude -3.6073° South, depth = 274.96 km.
The epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km W of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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