A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:40:24 / 12:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/06/20 / 2020-06-11 00:40:24 / June 11, 2020 @ 12:40 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a9mk. Id of event: us6000a9mk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 8.08 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.3997 East, latitude -3.9154 South, depth = 8.08 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 90 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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