A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was reported at 00:13:05 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000p70m. Unique identifier: us6000p70m. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.164 km (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/11/24 / 2024-11-06 00:13:05 / November 6, 2024 @ 12:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 56.164 km, 152.5106° East, -4.8649° South.
The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 63 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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