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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Ialibu in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.4581S, 143.9946WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ialibu in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 143.9946 East, latitude -6.4581 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:41:49 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000dcx7. Unique identifier: us2000dcx7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 18:41:49 / February 25, 2018 @ 6:41 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Ialibu in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mount Hagen, Mendi, Ialibu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Mount Hagen (c. 33 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-two, in the last 10 days seventy-two, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days seventy-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km S of Ialibu, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.9946° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.4581° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km S of Ialibu, 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 18:41:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-25 20:34:45 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 19.67 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 us2000dcx7 Id of event.
Event Code 2000dcx7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000dcx7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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