A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 221.76 km (138 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 221.76 km, 152.3741° East, -3.8157° South. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:43:57 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 16:43:57 / November 26, 2019 @ 4:43 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006d9j. Id of event: us70006d9j.
The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 17 km SSW of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea.
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