Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag strikes near Angoram in Papua New Guinea

A earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Angoram in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has been issued near Angoram in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/11/17 / 2017-11-07 21:26:38 / November 7, 2017 @ 9:26 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 143.4798° East, -4.2272° South, depth 107.37 km. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:26:38 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000bk15. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt17311000, at00oz2gwf, us2000bk15. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.37 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wewak (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop).

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km WSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	143.4798° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-4.2272° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	107.37 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	67km WSW 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	2017-11-07 21:26:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-07 21:42:22	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	650	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	,pt,at,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	4.445	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	19	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000bk15	Id of event.
Event Code	2000bk15	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt17311000,at00oz2gwf,us2000bk15,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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