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Major earthquake: M7.1 quake has struck near eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.951S, 146.356WA major earthquake magnitude 7.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea kilometers (0 miles) from eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 136.6 km (85 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:19:36 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/05/19 / 2019-05-06 21:19:36 / May 6, 2019 @ 9:19 pm. Id of earthquake: pt19126050. Event ids that are associated: pt19126050. Exact location of event, depth 136.6 km, 146.356° East, -6.951° South.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 144 km (90 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop), 129 km (80 miles) from Kerema (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Kerema, Kainantu.

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.356° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.951° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 136.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place eastern New Guinea region, 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 2019-05-06 21:19:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-06 21:25:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 776 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt19126050 Id of event.
Event Code 19126050 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19126050, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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