A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 148 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (92 miles) on Saturday. 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, longitude 151.3687° East, latitude -6.0976° South, depth = 11.22 km. Unique identifier: us20003ls7. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003ls7. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:34:36 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 08:34:36 / September 19, 2015 @ 8:34 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.22 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 148 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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