A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 149 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (93 miles) on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/03/18 / 2018-03-29 21:38:37 / March 29, 2018 @ 9:38 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 151.6129° East, -5.538° South, depth 35 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:38:37 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000db4s. Unique identifier: us1000db4s.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 149 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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