A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Exact location, longitude 152.0467° East, latitude -3.7099° South, depth = 11.744 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nyz9. Id of event: us6000nyz9. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.744 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 05:58:03 / October 16, 2024 @ 5:58 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:58:03 / 5:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km NNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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