A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:31:30 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20006hp6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006hp6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 06:31:30 / July 26, 2016 @ 6:31 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 151.5362° East, -3.88° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 78 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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