A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:12:58 / 6:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Panguna in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000e9fw. Event ids that are associated: us1000e9fw. Exact location, longitude 155.0759° East, latitude -6.5594° South, depth = 42.9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 19:12:58 / May 21, 2018 @ 7:12 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.9 km (27 miles).
The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 52 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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