A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 125 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (78 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 152.3288° East, -5.4838° South, depth 48.69 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20002vng. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vng. The temblor was detected at 17:53:16 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 07:53:16 / July 7, 2015 @ 7:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.69 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 125 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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