A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 210 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (130 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:17:26 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 152.3656° East, -6.2567° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 05:17:26 / October 27, 2018 @ 5:17 am. Unique identifier: us1000hhw5. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hhw5. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 210 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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