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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag strikes near Lorengau in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -3.2384S, 146.4632WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 161 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (100 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 146.4632 East, latitude -3.2384 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j56c. Unique identifier: us2000j56c. The temblor was reported at 02:53:15 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 16:53:15 / January 17, 2019 @ 4:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 161 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.4632° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.2384° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 161km SSW 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 2019-01-17 16:53:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-17 17:13:43 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 3.55 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 482 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 5.766 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us2000j56c Id of event.
Event Code 2000j56c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j56c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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