A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.55 km (9 miles). Id of earthquake: us600055vp. Event ids that are associated: us600055vp. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:22:16 / 3:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/19 / 2019-08-08 05:22:16 / August 8, 2019 @ 5:22 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 152.5269° East, -4.006° South, depth 14.55 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 Kokopo, Rabaul. Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 38 km SSE of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea.
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