A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/10/18 / 2018-10-10 02:03:00 / October 10, 2018 @ 2:03 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 12:03:00 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 147.504 East, latitude -6.1655 South, depth = 49.87 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h9sh. Id of event: us1000h9sh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.87 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae.
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 two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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