A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 152.0601° East, -4.3814° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:53:46 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/03/20 / 2020-03-20 18:53:46 / March 20, 2020 @ 6:53 pm. Id of earthquake: us70008h0b. Event ids that are associated: us70008h0b. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
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 seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 22 km W of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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