A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has been issued near Lae in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h9tn. Id of event: us1000h9tn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 110.67 km (69 miles). Exact location of event, depth 110.67 km, 146.712° East, -6.2006° South. The temblor was reported at 15:53:57 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/18 / 2018-10-10 05:53:57 / October 10, 2018 @ 5:53 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kainantu, Lae (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 65 km NNW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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