A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.2322 East, latitude -4.625 South, depth = 95.9 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 95.9 km (60 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/18 / 2018-10-21 12:29:52 / October 21, 2018 @ 12:29 pm. The temblor was detected at 22:29:52 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hf8s. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hf8s. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 30 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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