A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 170 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (106 miles). Exact location of event, depth 56.53 km, 151.8823° East, -5.8487° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/18 / 2018-06-09 19:50:04 / June 9, 2018 @ 7:50 pm. Unique identifier: us1000ema9. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ema9. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:50:04 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.53 km (35 miles).
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 seven and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 170 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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