Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag was detected near Lae in Papua New Guinea

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 03:35:58 / May 21, 2024 @ 3:35 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 44.947 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:35:58 / 3:35 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000mzyf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzyf. Exact location, longitude 147.309° East, latitude -6.3079° South, depth = 44.947 km.

Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae. Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km NE of Lae, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	147.309° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.3079° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.947 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	57 km NE of Lae, 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	2024-05-21 03:35:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-21 03:56:56	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	3.4	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	500	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	95	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.08	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	32	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	us6000mzyf	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mzyf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mzyf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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