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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 150 km NE of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -1.6836S, 151.8217WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 151.8217° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.6836° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.091 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 150 km NE of Kavieng, 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 2024-05-24 15:51:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-24 16:07:20 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 400 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.467 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000n0s9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0s9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0s9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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