A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 131 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (81 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000a7kv. Event ids that are associated: us6000a7kv. Exact location of event, depth 52.84 km, 151.6639° East, -5.3634° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.84 km (33 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 07/06/20 / 2020-06-07 20:06:38 / June 7, 2020 @ 8:06 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 20:06:38 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 131 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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