A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 96 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (60 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 18/05/19 / 2019-05-18 14:58:30 / May 18, 2019 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003n15. Id of event: us70003n15. Exact location, longitude 152.6744° East, latitude -5.2595° South, depth = 10 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:58:30 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Taron in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 96 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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