A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 165 km SW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (103 miles). Global time and date of event 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 05:52:28 / November 4, 2015 @ 5:52 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.6851 East, latitude -3.5766 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 15:52:28 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us200041ul. Unique identifier: us200041ul.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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