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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on September 16, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.5413S, 152.3616WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 131 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (81 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 00:56:55 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h619. Id of event: us2000h619. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 14:56:55 / August 22, 2018 @ 2:56 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 152.3616 East, latitude -5.5413 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 131 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 152.3616° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.5413° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 131km S of Kokopo, 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 2018-08-22 14:56:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-16 16:02:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 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 340 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.355 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 us2000h619 Id of event.
Event Code 2000h619 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000h619, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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