A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:03:44 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 59.7 km (37 miles). Unique identifier: us20005yim. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005yim. Global time and date of event 27/05/16 / 2016-05-27 15:03:44 / May 27, 2016 @ 3:03 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 152.5404 East, latitude -4.8866 South, depth = 59.7 km.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
Each 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 four and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 66 km SSE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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