A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 18:52:09 / October 24, 2024 @ 6:52 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.198 km (36 miles). Exact location of event, depth 57.198 km, 152.2399° East, -5.0468° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:52:09 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000nmz2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmz2.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 77 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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