Major earthquake: M7.1 quake has struck near eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea

A major earthquake magnitude 7.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea kilometers (0 miles) from eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 136.6 km (85 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:19:36 / 9:19 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/05/19 / 2019-05-06 21:19:36 / May 6, 2019 @ 9:19 pm. Id of earthquake: pt19126050. Event ids that are associated: pt19126050. Exact location of event, depth 136.6 km, 146.356° East, -6.951° South.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 144 km (90 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop), 129 km (80 miles) from Kerema (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Kerema, Kainantu.

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: eastern New Guinea region, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	146.356° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.951° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	136.6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	eastern New Guinea region, 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	2019-05-06 21:19:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-05-06 21:25:16	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	776	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt19126050	Id of event.
Event Code	19126050	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt19126050,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

7.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

146.356° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-6.951° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

136.6 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

eastern New Guinea region, 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

2019-05-06 21:19:36

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-05-06 21:25:16

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

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

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

776

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,pt,

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

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

pt19126050

Id of event.

Event Code

19126050

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,pt19126050,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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