A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 150 km NE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (93 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 15:51:32 / May 24, 2024 @ 3:51 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0s9. Id of event: us6000n0s9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.091 km (20 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:51:32 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 32.091 km, 151.8217° East, -1.6836° South.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 150 km NE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea.
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