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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 152 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.6644S, 153.7205WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 152 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (94 miles). Exact location of event, depth 77.33 km, 153.7205° East, -5.6644° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us200082jj. Unique identifier: us200082jj. The temblor was picked up at 21:05:48 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/12/16 / 2016-12-19 11:05:48 / December 19, 2016 @ 11:05 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Taron in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.33 km (48 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 152 km SSE of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 153.7205° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.6644° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 152km SSE of Taron, 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 2016-12-19 11:05:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-19 11:23:22 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 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 2.132 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us200082jj Id of event.
Event Code 200082jj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200082jj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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