A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 179 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (111 miles). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:14:19 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000j54b. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j54b. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 15:14:19 / January 17, 2019 @ 3:14 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 146.2271° East, -3.2561° South.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 179 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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