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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Porgera in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on February 25, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.2439S, 142.7457WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The temblor was detected at 06:17:29 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 20:17:29 / February 25, 2018 @ 8:17 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Porgera in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 142.7457° East, -6.2439° South. Id of earthquake: us2000d7sa. Event ids that are associated: us2000d7sa.

Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendi, Tari. Event epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 99 km SSW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.7457° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.2439° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 99km SSW of Porgera, 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 2018-02-25 20:17:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-25 20:35:50 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 416 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 5.383 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 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 us2000d7sa Id of event.
Event Code 2000d7sa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d7sa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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