A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.2742 East, latitude -4.4842 South, depth = 101.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60006lsy. Unique identifier: us60006lsy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 101.94 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:27:30 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/12/19 / 2019-12-03 22:27:30 / December 3, 2019 @ 10:27 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo. Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven 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 quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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