A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009d1v. Id of event: us60009d1v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/04/20 / 2020-04-27 03:24:07 / April 27, 2020 @ 3:24 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.4465° East, -3.9722° South. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:24:07 / 1:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul (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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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