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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Kandrian in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.775S, 148.6161WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 113 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (70 miles) on Monday. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:32:35 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 148.6161 East, latitude -5.775 South, depth = 173.22 km. Event id: us6000my9b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000my9b. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/05/24 / 2024-05-13 12:32:35 / May 13, 2024 @ 12:32 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 173.22 km (108 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 113 km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 148.6161° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.775° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 173.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 113 km WNW of Kandrian, 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 2024-05-13 12:32:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-13 17:21:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 416 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.884 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us6000my9b Id of event.
Event Code 6000my9b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000my9b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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