A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Global time and date of event 25/02/19 / 2019-02-25 05:01:17 / February 25, 2019 @ 5:01 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 151.8763° East, latitude -4.4735° South, depth = 158.87 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 158.87 km (99 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jmp6. Unique identifier: us2000jmp6. The temblor was detected at 15:01:17 / 3:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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. 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: 44 km SW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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