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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Angaur State in Palau. Unique identifier: us6000d29t. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000d29t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 133.6341 East, latitude 6.2703 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 18:11:47 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/12/20 / 2020-12-23 18:11:47 / December 23, 2020 @ 6:11 pm.
The epicenter was 110 km (68 miles) from Kloulklubed (c. 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Angaur State (c. 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kloulklubed, Angaur State (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Palau (c. 20 000 pop).
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162.3 km NE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 2-5 s :
I was using my laptop while sitting on a plastic stool outside of my house and felt swaying along with the ground. It felt as if I was dancing along with our home, the trees, and the whole neighborhood block. | 10 users found this interesting.
160.6 km NE of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) :
Don t know how long it lasted but it sure woke everyone in the house. | 6 users found this interesting.