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Moderate earthquake: M5.3 quake has struck near Kandrian in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.8785S, 149.5363WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:38:19 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 100.08 km (62 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000np0y. Unique identifier: us6000np0y. Exact location of earthquake, 149.5363° East, -5.8785° South, depth 100.08 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 07:38:19 / September 1, 2024 @ 7:38 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe. Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop).

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

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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 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: 36 km N of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 149.5363° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.8785° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 100.08 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km N of Kandrian, 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 2024-09-01 07:38:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-01 07:56:14 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.221 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us6000np0y Id of event.
Event Code 6000np0y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000np0y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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