A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us6000nn95. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nn95. 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: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 13:34:05 / August 7, 2024 @ 1:34 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:34:05 / 1:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.318 km (38 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 152.2733 East, latitude -4.5189 South, depth = 61.318 km.
Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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