A size 5.1 quake near Kimbe, Talasea Area, West New Britain District, Papua New Guinea, was reported just 23 mins earlier by the USA Geological Study, thought about among the essential global firms that keep an eye on seismic task worldwide. The quake happened at an intermediate deepness of 111.6 kilometres under the center in the early morning on Tuesday, August 1st, 2023, at 9:07 am neighborhood time. The specific size, center, and also deepness of the quake could be modified within the following couple of hrs or mins as seismologists evaluate information and also fine-tune their estimations, or as various other firms release their record.
A 2nd record was later on provided by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which noted it as a size 5.1 quake too. A 3rd firm, the German Research Study Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the very same quake at size 4.8.
Based upon the initial seismic information, the quake ought to not have actually created any kind of substantial damages, however was most likely really felt by lots of people as light resonance in the location of the center.
Weak drinking may have been really felt in Kimbe (pop. 18,800) situated 70 kilometres from the center.
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Quake information:
Day & time: Aug 1, 2023 9:07 am (GMT +10) neighborhood time ( 31 Jul 2023 23:07 GMT)
Size: 5.1
Deepness: 111.6 kilometres
Center latitude/ longitude: 5.48 ° S/ 150.77 ° E 
( West New Britain District, Papua New Guinea)
Key information resource: USGS
