A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.5333° East, -3.9182° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:28:16 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 04:28:16 / January 1, 2025 @ 4:28 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000pjr4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pjr4.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (59 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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