A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. 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: us7000nmfe. Unique identifier: us7000nmfe. The temblor was detected at 04:06:03 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 152.6505 East, latitude -4.9975 South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 04:06:03 / October 1, 2024 @ 4:06 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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