A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 22:25:10 / 10:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 12:25:10 / April 12, 2020 @ 12:25 pm. Unique identifier: us70008utw. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008utw. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.9368° East, -4.2228° South.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. 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: 26 km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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