A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003iz6. Unique identifier: us20003iz6. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:42:02 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/09/15 / 2015-09-12 01:42:02 / September 12, 2015 @ 1:42 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kainantu in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 146.6076° East, latitude -5.9707° South, depth = 26.5 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.5 km (16 miles).
Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae, Kainantu.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 89 km ENE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.
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