A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was picked up at 13:25:37 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/05/24 / 2024-05-14 13:25:37 / May 14, 2024 @ 1:25 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 394.241 km, 152.1052° East, -3.3955° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 394.241 km (245 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000n02f. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n02f.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 89 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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