A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.97 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:52:08 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/01/17 / 2017-01-08 08:52:08 / January 8, 2017 @ 8:52 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 147.4794° East, -6.2391° South, depth 66.97 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ryv. Id of event: us10007ryv.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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: 58 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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