A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Angoram in Papua New Guinea. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:02:08 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 80.81 km, 144.068° East, -4.6631° South. A tsunami warning has been issued near Angoram in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000cjxn. Event ids that are associated: us2000cjxn. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/01/18 / 2018-01-16 13:02:08 / January 16, 2018 @ 1:02 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 80.81 km (50 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wabag (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km S of Angoram, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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