A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Arawa in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/01/18 / 2018-01-23 05:59:57 / January 23, 2018 @ 5:59 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cmwv. Unique identifier: us2000cmwv. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 151.99 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 154.7071° East, latitude -5.8841° South, depth = 151.99 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Arawa in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:59:57 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa. The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 98 km WNW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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