A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/09/15 / 2015-09-11 23:51:56 / September 11, 2015 @ 11:51 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 146.6745 East, latitude -5.985 South, depth = 37.13 km. The temblor was detected at 09:51:56 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Lae in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003ivd. Event ids that are associated: us20003ivd. The epicenter was at a depth of 37.13 km (23 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kainantu, Lae (min 5000 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 88 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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