A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.5707° East, -3.9248° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 12:48:35 / January 1, 2025 @ 12:48 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000pjrm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjrm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:48:35 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul.
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 72 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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