A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/25 / 2025-01-02 05:48:08 / January 2, 2025 @ 5:48 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:48:08 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.888 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000pjzq. Event ids that are associated: us6000pjzq. Exact location of event, depth 7.888 km, 151.6836° East, -3.8528° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km NW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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