A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.332 km (11 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000myy7. Id of event: us7000myy7. Exact location of event, depth 17.332 km, 151.3574° East, -3.7229° South. The temblor was reported at 19:18:13 / 7:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/07/24 / 2024-07-12 19:18:13 / July 12, 2024 @ 7:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 103 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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