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

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kainantu in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.7661 East, latitude -6.3127 South, depth = 121.98 km. Id of earthquake: us70003gyq. Event ids that are associated: us70003gyq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/19 / 2019-05-05 08:42:48 / May 5, 2019 @ 8:42 am. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:42:48 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 121.98 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Kundiawa (c. 9 400 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kundiawa, Goroka, Kainantu (min 5000 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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km WSW of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Goroka Kainantu Kundiawa Papua New Guinea

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	145.7661° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.3127° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	121.98 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km WSW of Kainantu, 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	2019-05-05 08:42:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-05-05 09:01:02	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	3.368	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.08 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	20	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	us70003gyq	Id of event.
Event Code	70003gyq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70003gyq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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