A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea kilometers (0 miles) from Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 155.2943° East, -6.9159° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 03:59:07 / June 17, 2018 @ 3:59 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000etku. Id of event: us1000etku. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:59:07 / 3:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa. Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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