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Earthquake: M 5.1 quake strikes near Kandrian in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.2876S, 149.9228WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (mg/mb) has striked on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was reported at 11:02:50 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global time of event 20/03/15 / 2015-03-20 01:02:50 / March 20, 2015 @ 1:02 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kandrian in Papua New Guinea, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 149.9228 East, latitude -6.2876 South, depth 35 km, unique identifier, us10001p1u.

Close countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 149.9228° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.2876° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41km E of Kandrian, 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 2015-03-20 01:02:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-03-20 01:21:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.052 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us10001p1u Id of event.
Event Code 10001p1u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10001p1u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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