A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 163 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (101 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d2jc. Unique identifier: us2000d2jc. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/02/18 / 2018-02-15 08:08:55 / February 15, 2018 @ 8:08 am UTC/GMT. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:08:55 / 6:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.2815 East, latitude -3.0967 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 163 km SE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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