A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has been issued near Panguna in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:51:44 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 154.6462° East, -6.3259° South, depth 47.16 km. Unique identifier: us10004a6n. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004a6n. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 01:51:44 / December 29, 2015 @ 1:51 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.16 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-nine 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 92 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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