A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 02/04/19 / 2019-04-02 11:31:55 / April 2, 2019 @ 11:31 am UTC/GMT. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:31:55 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Panguna in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.82 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k93r. Id of event: us2000k93r. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 155.0036 East, latitude -6.2707 South, depth = 60.82 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa.
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 53 km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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