A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 130 km SW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (81 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 07:06:29 / November 4, 2015 @ 7:06 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:06:29 / 5:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 149.8647° East, -3.2889° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us200041v7. Unique identifier: us200041v7.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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: 130 km SW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.
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