A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Event id: us7000p02d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p02d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/24 / 2024-12-19 15:17:17 / December 19, 2024 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 151.8278 East, latitude -4.1377 South, depth = 251.413 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 251.413 km (156 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:17:17 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul. Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 37 km W of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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