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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 97 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.7715S, 147.4516WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 97 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (60 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mxsc. Id of event: us6000mxsc. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 08:58:10 / May 5, 2024 @ 8:58 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 147.4516 East, latitude -5.7715 South, depth = 130.507 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:58:10 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 130.507 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 97 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.4516° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.7715° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130.507 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 97 km NNW of Finschhafen, 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 2024-05-05 08:58:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-16 12:11:48 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 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 103 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.621 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 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 us6000mxsc Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxsc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxsc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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