Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes near Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

Just 17 minutes ago, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The tremor was recorded early morning on Friday, November 5th, 2021, at 2:25 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.2. Other agencies reporting the same quake include Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency at magnitude 5.3, and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 5.3.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Lae (pop. 76,300) located 59 km from the epicenter, Bulolo (pop. 16,000) 111 km away, and Wau (pop. 14,600) 112 km away.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Nov 5, 2021 2:25 am (GMT +10) local time (4 Nov 2021 16:25 GMT)
Magnitude: 5.1
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 6.73°S / 147.53°E (Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea)
Primary data source: GFZ
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