A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.8111 East, latitude -4.2171 South, depth = 42.49 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 42.49 km (26 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:49:02 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hyd5. Unique identifier: us1000hyd5. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/11/18 / 2018-11-26 21:49:02 / November 26, 2018 @ 9:49 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 71 km (44 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/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km NW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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