A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 07:19:20 / 7:19 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Lae in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20003iv3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003iv3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.84 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 39.84 km, 146.6618° East, -5.9564° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/09/15 / 2015-09-11 21:19:20 / September 11, 2015 @ 9:19 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kainantu, Lae (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 91 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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