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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Lorengau in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -0.9923S, 148.4357WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 173 km NE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (107 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 148.4357° East, -0.9923° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nw94. Id of event: us6000nw94. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:43:14 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/10/24 / 2024-10-03 10:43:14 / October 3, 2024 @ 10:43 am UTC/GMT.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 173 km NE of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 148.4357° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.9923° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 173 km NE of Lorengau, 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 2024-10-03 10:43:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-03 11:01:51 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 3.526 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 449 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.494 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us6000nw94 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nw94 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nw94, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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