A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:38:19 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 100.08 km (62 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000np0y. Unique identifier: us6000np0y. Exact location of earthquake, 149.5363° East, -5.8785° South, depth 100.08 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 07:38:19 / September 1, 2024 @ 7:38 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe. Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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