A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was picked up at 13:17:23 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/03/19 / 2019-03-02 02:17:23 / March 2, 2019 @ 2:17 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000j9r2. Id of event: us1000j9r2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.04 km (43 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 155.7629 East, latitude -6.9926 South, depth = 69.04 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Panguna in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. 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: 80 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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