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Moderate earthquake 5.8 mag, 51 km NNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on February 10, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -3.8048S, 151.9177WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 08:50:48 / 8:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/02/18 / 2018-02-10 22:50:48 / February 10, 2018 @ 10:50 pm. Exact location, longitude 151.9177° East, latitude -3.8048° South, depth = 267.98 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d0ex. Id of event: us2000d0ex. The epicenter was at a depth of 267.98 km (167 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul.

Every 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 51 km NNW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 151.9177° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.8048° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 267.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km NNW of Rabaul, 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 2018-02-10 22:50:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-10 23:09:03 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 518 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 0.455 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 16 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 us2000d0ex Id of event.
Event Code 2000d0ex An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d0ex, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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