A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 155.88 km (97 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/01/19 / 2019-01-22 15:22:00 / January 22, 2019 @ 3:22 pm. Unique identifier: us2000je35. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000je35. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.866 East, latitude -3.989 South, depth = 155.88 km. The temblor was reported at 01:22:00 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 41 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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