A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 18:12:46 / January 4, 2025 @ 6:12 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:12:46 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pkfa. Event ids that are associated: us6000pkfa. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.5261° East, -3.8953° South.
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
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 seven, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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