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


Earthquake location -4.6987S, 143.9695WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Angoram in Papua New Guinea. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:38:45 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20006hde. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006hde. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/07/16 / 2016-07-25 08:38:45 / July 25, 2016 @ 8:38 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.9695 East, latitude -4.6987 South, depth = 99.02 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 99.02 km (62 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Angoram in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wabag (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 71 km S of Angoram, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.9695° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.6987° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 99.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km S of Angoram, 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 2016-07-25 08:38:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-25 09:05:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 4.295 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 us20006hde Id of event.
Event Code 20006hde An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006hde, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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