A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, longitude 152.2158 East, latitude -3.8007 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/10/19 / 2019-10-08 09:58:48 / October 8, 2019 @ 9:58 am. Unique identifier: us70005upq. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005upq. The temblor was picked up at 19:58:48 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul. Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km WSW of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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