A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 153 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (95 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:48:28 / 1:48 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 15:48:28 / January 17, 2019 @ 3:48 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 146.3625° East, -3.0641° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j54u. Unique identifier: us2000j54u.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 153 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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