Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag has occurred near Kimbe in Papua New Guinea

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea. Global time and date of event 01/05/24 / 2024-05-01 23:45:25 / May 1, 2024 @ 11:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29 km (18 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mvk5. Id of event: us6000mvk5. Exact location of event, depth 29 km, 151.037° East, -5.8008° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:45:25 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 103 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	151.037° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.8008° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	103 km ESE of Kimbe, 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	2024-05-01 23:45:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-02 23:50:09	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	5.744	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	536	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	117	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.252	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	26	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	us6000mvk5	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mvk5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mvk5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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