A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 248 km ESE of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea (154 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 154.8532 East, latitude -9.8007 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000elx6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000elx6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 08:28:01 / June 9, 2018 @ 8:28 am. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:28:01 / 6:28 pm (local time epicenter).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 248 km ESE of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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