A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.16 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000h3va. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3va. Global time and date of event 24/09/18 / 2018-09-24 00:49:46 / September 24, 2018 @ 12:49 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 10:49:46 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 40.16 km, 151.4731° East, -4.4601° South.
The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 82 km WSW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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