A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. Global time and date of event 02/10/16 / 2016-10-02 01:50:38 / October 2, 2016 @ 1:50 am UTC/GMT. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:50:38 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 122.89 km (76 miles). Event id: us10006ugm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006ugm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Panguna in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 122.89 km, 155.4297° East, -6.4582° South.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa. The epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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