A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 80.37 km (50 miles). Unique identifier: us20005dbl. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005dbl. Exact location of event, depth 80.37 km, 154.8863° East, -6.2456° South. Global time and date of event 30/03/16 / 2016-03-30 06:01:28 / March 30, 2016 @ 6:01 am UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:01:28 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Panguna in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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