A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 147.3377 East, latitude -6.1254 South, depth = 46.05 km. The temblor was detected at 08:16:10 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.05 km (29 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003j36. Id of event: us20003j36. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/09/15 / 2015-09-12 22:16:10 / September 12, 2015 @ 10:16 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Lae in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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