A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000fwsy. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fwsy. Exact location of earthquake, 151.63° East, -3.8445° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 11:43:15 / July 4, 2018 @ 11:43 am. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:43:15 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul. Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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: 71 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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