A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 128 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (80 miles). Exact location, longitude 151.9808° East, latitude -5.4824° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 16:33:52 / 4:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ivs3. Unique identifier: us2000ivs3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/12/18 / 2018-12-21 06:33:52 / December 21, 2018 @ 6:33 am.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 128 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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