A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Global time and date of event 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 09:53:36 / December 21, 2024 @ 9:53 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:53:36 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000phki. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phki. Exact location, longitude 151.568° East, latitude -3.6431° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 90 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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