A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us600057vb. Unique identifier: us600057vb. Exact location, longitude 154.6609° East, latitude -6.0649° South, depth = 72.42 km. Global time and date of event 21/08/19 / 2019-08-21 09:24:55 / August 21, 2019 @ 9:24 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Panguna in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:24:55 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 72.42 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arawa (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 95 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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