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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Panguna in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -7.0708S, 154.7676WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 115 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (71 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/18 / 2018-11-27 09:22:16 / November 27, 2018 @ 9:22 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 154.7676° East, -7.0708° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Panguna in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:22:16 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000hwz0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hwz0.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 115 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 154.7676° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.0708° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 115km SW of Panguna, 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 2018-11-27 09:22:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-27 09:39:25 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 1 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 416 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 3.859 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us1000hwz0 Id of event.
Event Code 1000hwz0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hwz0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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