Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 13:01:20 / December 16, 2018 @ 1:01 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iu3z. Id of event: us2000iu3z. The epicenter was at a depth of 57.2 km (36 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:01:20 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 57.2 km, 147.6358° East, -6.3369° South.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	147.6358° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.3369° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	57.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39km NW of Finschhafen, 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	2018-12-16 13:01:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-12-16 13:24:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	600	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	401	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	3.084	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	us2000iu3z	Id of event.
Event Code	2000iu3z	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000iu3z,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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