A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 162 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (101 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 21:56:20 / August 22, 2018 @ 9:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000gfr8. Id of event: us1000gfr8. The temblor was picked up at 07:56:20 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.0198 East, latitude -7.7063 South, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 fourteen 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 162 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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