A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000nrci. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nrci. The temblor was reported at 14:31:59 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89.123 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/11/24 / 2024-11-12 14:31:59 / November 12, 2024 @ 2:31 pm. Exact location, longitude 152.4422° East, latitude -4.5205° South, depth = 89.123 km.
Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). 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 two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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