A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.1241 East, latitude -3.8398 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 14:04:44 / May 18, 2024 @ 2:04 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:04:44 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzgb. Id of event: us6000mzgb.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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