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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Panguna in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.6211S, 154.2619WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 155 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (96 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000mw86. Event ids that are associated: us6000mw86. Exact location of earthquake, 154.2619° East, -5.6211° South, depth 148.486 km. The temblor was detected at 22:47:38 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/05/24 / 2024-05-03 22:47:38 / May 3, 2024 @ 10:47 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 148.486 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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. 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: 155 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 154.2619° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.6211° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 148.486 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 155 km WNW of Panguna, 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 2024-05-03 22:47:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 05:06:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 0 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 400 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 99 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.793 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 us6000mw86 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mw86 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mw86, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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