A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 109 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (68 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 06:02:15 / May 20, 2019 @ 6:02 am. Unique identifier: us70003nf1. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003nf1. The temblor was picked up at 16:02:15 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Panguna in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 154.6331° East, -6.8279° South.
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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 109 km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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