A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 119 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (74 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/12/18 / 2018-12-21 08:30:15 / December 21, 2018 @ 8:30 am. Event id: us2000ivst. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivst. The temblor was picked up at 18:30:15 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.9927 East, latitude -5.3993 South, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 119 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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