A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 152.3595° East, -3.9078° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ndlc. Unique identifier: us7000ndlc. The temblor was picked up at 17:32:44 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 17:32:44 / August 22, 2024 @ 5:32 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 39 km NE of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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