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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Kimbe in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on April 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.2122S, 151.6385WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 181 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (112 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:24:13 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000q6zb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6zb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/04/25 / 2025-04-18 07:24:13 / April 18, 2025 @ 7:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 151.6385° East, -6.2122° South.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 181 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 151.6385° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.2122° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 181 km ESE of Kimbe, 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 2025-04-18 07:24:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-18 07:42:42 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 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 400 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.075 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us6000q6zb Id of event.
Event Code 6000q6zb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q6zb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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