A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 146 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (91 miles) on Friday. Id of earthquake: us2000ivsa. Event ids that are associated: us2000ivsa. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 152.4271 East, latitude -5.6652 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:28:33 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/18 / 2018-12-21 07:28:33 / December 21, 2018 @ 7:28 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-seven 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 146 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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