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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Samarai in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on August 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -9.4159S, 152.3215WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 224 km NE of Samarai, Papua New Guinea (139 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.3215 East, latitude -9.4159 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000bfxw. Unique identifier: us6000bfxw. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:54:44 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/20 / 2020-08-17 12:54:44 / August 17, 2020 @ 12:54 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 224 km NE of Samarai, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 152.3215° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.4159° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 224 km NE of Samarai, 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 2020-08-17 12:54:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-17 13:15:01 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 0 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 432 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 5.093 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us6000bfxw Id of event.
Event Code 6000bfxw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bfxw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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