A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 156 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (97 miles). Event id: us20003lqx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003lqx. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 05:36:03 / September 19, 2015 @ 5:36 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.4825 East, latitude -5.9961 South, depth = 54.14 km. The temblor was reported at 15:36:03 / 3:36 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). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.14 km (34 miles).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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: 156 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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