Major earthquake: M7.3 quake has struck near Kokoda in Papua New Guinea

A major earthquake with magnitude 7.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 119 kilometers (74 miles) from Kokoda in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokoda in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:50:24 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). Event id: at00qdlek0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00qdlek0, pt20199000. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85 km (53 miles). Global time and date of event 17/07/20 / 2020-07-17 02:50:24 / July 17, 2020 @ 2:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.7 East, latitude -7.8 South, depth = 85 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae, Bulolo, Popondetta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 143 km (89 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Popondetta (c. 28 200 pop), 134 km (83 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop), 120 km (75 miles) from Wau (c. 14 600 pop), 120 km (75 miles) from Kokoda (c. 6 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.

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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: 119 km N of Kokoda, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Bulolo Kokoda Lae Papua New Guinea Popondetta Wau

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	147.7° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-7.8° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	85 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	119 km N of Kokoda, 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	2020-07-17 02:50:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-07-17 02:59:00	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	820	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	43	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.68 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	46.799996256	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	at00qdlek0	Id of event.
Event Code	00qdlek0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00qdlek0,pt20199000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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