A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 129 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (80 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude 152.0603 East, latitude -5.5026 South, depth = 45.62 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:39:44 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 19:39:44 / July 17, 2015 @ 7:39 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.62 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002y7m. Unique identifier: us20002y7m.
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 129 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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