A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 158 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (98 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/09/18 / 2018-09-07 13:07:15 / September 7, 2018 @ 1:07 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:07:15 / 11:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.5704 East, latitude -3.2697 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000haar. Event ids that are associated: us2000haar.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 158 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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