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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 34 km SE of Lae, Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on January 31, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.9339S, 147.218WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.218 East, latitude -6.9339 South, depth = 74.7 km. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:49:39 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/01/18 / 2018-01-31 11:49:39 / January 31, 2018 @ 11:49 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Lae in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.7 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000crq6. Unique identifier: us2000crq6.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wau, Bulolo, Lae. Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 34 km SE of Lae, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.218° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.9339° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km SE of Lae, 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 2018-01-31 11:49:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-31 12:13:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.1 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 484 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 4.86 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 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 us2000crq6 Id of event.
Event Code 2000crq6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000crq6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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