A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 156 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (97 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 151.4754 East, latitude -6.0289 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 15:22:24 / September 16, 2015 @ 3:22 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kimbe in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003jzk. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003jzk. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:22:24 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 156 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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