Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.5262 East, latitude -4.1487 South, depth = 132.07 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/20 / 2020-05-07 15:16:41 / May 7, 2020 @ 3:16 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.07 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:16:41 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70009bqa. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009bqa.

Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 36 km NE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	152.5262° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-4.1487° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	132.07 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36km NE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-05-07 15:16:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-07 15:34:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	1	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	432	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.364	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	69	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us70009bqa	Id of event.
Event Code	70009bqa	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70009bqa,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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