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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on October 18, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -4.6443S, 151.6321WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 152.79 km (95 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000he36. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000he36. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:25:31 / 6:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/10/18 / 2018-10-18 20:25:31 / October 18, 2018 @ 8:25 pm. Exact location, longitude 151.6321° East, latitude -4.6443° South, depth = 152.79 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo. The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 77 km WSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 151.6321° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.6443° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 152.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77km WSW of Kokopo, 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 2018-10-18 20:25:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-18 20:43:42 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 0 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 369 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 0.695 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 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 us1000he36 Id of event.
Event Code 1000he36 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000he36, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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