A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:05:53 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10.568 km, 151.7624° East, -3.7675° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 07:05:53 / January 1, 2025 @ 7:05 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.568 km (7 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgt4. Unique identifier: us6000pgt4.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 65 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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