A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Id of earthquake: us1000431p. Event ids that are associated: us1000431p. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 143.17 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 03/12/15 / 2015-12-03 15:29:08 / December 3, 2015 @ 3:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 143.17 km, 149.7745° East, -5.6436° South. The temblor was detected at 01:29:08 / 1:29 am (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).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe. The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km WSW of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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