A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/19 / 2019-09-18 06:22:48 / September 18, 2019 @ 6:22 am. Exact location of event, longitude 151.4934 East, latitude -3.9107 South, depth = 10 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:22:48 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70005hse. Event ids that are associated: us70005hse. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 81 km WNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
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