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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Alotau in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -9.5984S, 150.8623WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Alotau in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us7000388e. Event ids that are associated: us7000388e. The temblor was picked up at 09:26:37 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/19 / 2019-04-17 23:26:37 / April 17, 2019 @ 11:26 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Alotau in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.03 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.8623 East, latitude -9.5984 South, depth = 10.03 km.

Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alotau (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Alotau (c. 10 000 pop).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 94 km NNE of Alotau, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 150.8623° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.5984° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94km NNE of Alotau, 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 2019-04-17 23:26:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-17 23:44:44 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 3.657 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 us7000388e Id of event.
Event Code 7000388e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000388e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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