A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. Global time and date of event 13/08/15 / 2015-08-13 14:04:58 / August 13, 2015 @ 2:04 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 137.36 km (85 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:04:58 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100031xu. Unique identifier: us100031xu. Exact location, longitude 152.9058° East, latitude -3.9421° South, depth = 137.36 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Taron in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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), 86 km (54 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each 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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NNW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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