A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gd3b. Id of event: us1000gd3b. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.9806 East, latitude -5.1775 South, depth = 58.4 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 58.4 km (36 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:21:50 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 06:21:50 / August 19, 2018 @ 6:21 am.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
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 ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 96 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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