A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d58j. Unique identifier: us2000d58j. Global time and date of event 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 07:59:45 / February 20, 2018 @ 7:59 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95.97 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 151.8934° East, latitude -4.9709° South, depth = 95.97 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:59:45 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 79 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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