A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 06:11:49 / November 6, 2015 @ 6:11 am. Exact location, longitude 147.5492° East, latitude -6.2574° South, depth = 77.12 km. Id of earthquake: us10003v4s. Event ids that are associated: us10003v4s. A tsunami warning has been issued near Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.12 km (48 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:11:49 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-seven 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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