A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Alotau in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Alotau in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jm3c. Id of event: us2000jm3c. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.9186 East, latitude -9.7593 South, depth = 5.06 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.06 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:40:33 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/02/19 / 2019-02-23 17:40:33 / February 23, 2019 @ 5:40 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alotau (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Alotau (c. 10 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 83 km NW of Alotau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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