A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 02:41:08 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 152.6099° East, -5.2665° South. A tsunami warning has been issued near Taron in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10002xh2. Event ids that are associated: us10002xh2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 16:41:08 / August 3, 2015 @ 4:41 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 109 km (68 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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