A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 113 kilometers (70 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000haab. Unique identifier: us1000haab. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kimbe in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:59:01 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 48.93 km, 151.0759° East, -5.9787° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/10/18 / 2018-10-10 20:59:01 / October 10, 2018 @ 8:59 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.93 km (30 miles).
The epicenter was 114 km (71 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 113 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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