A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 04:59:53 / December 12, 2018 @ 4:59 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.886 East, latitude -4.6303 South, depth = 65.77 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000isp8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000isp8. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:59:53 / 2:59 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.77 km (41 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km SW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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