A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 33 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.3115 East, latitude -4.5856 South, depth = 65.6 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Taron in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000dtry. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dtry. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.6 km (41 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:48:19 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/04/18 / 2018-04-28 01:48:19 / April 28, 2018 @ 1:48 am UTC/GMT.
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 four and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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: 33 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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