A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 151.6688° East, -3.922° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008zn5. Unique identifier: us70008zn5. The temblor was reported at 11:57:18 / 11:57 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/04/20 / 2020-04-19 01:57:18 / April 19, 2020 @ 1:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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