A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 70 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (43 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000k9eb. Unique identifier: us2000k9eb. Global time and date of event 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 23:01:24 / April 2, 2019 @ 11:01 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.54 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:01:24 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kandrian in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 148.9272° East, latitude -6.1048° South, depth = 57.54 km.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km W of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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