A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 127 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (79 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 22.42 km (14 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 03:09:46 / September 17, 2015 @ 3:09 am. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:09:46 / 1:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kimbe in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.2502 East, latitude -5.8803 South, depth = 22.42 km. Event id: us20003kee. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kee.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 127 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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