A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 138 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (86 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kimbe in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 19:35:56 / October 15, 2018 @ 7:35 pm. The temblor was detected at 05:35:56 / 5:35 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hcg6. Event ids that are associated: us1000hcg6. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.258° East, -6.1233° South.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 138 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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