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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on September 6, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.5604S, 151.8386WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 142 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (88 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:04:41 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000bed1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bed1. Exact location of event, longitude 151.8386 East, latitude -5.5604 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/20 / 2020-08-25 19:04:41 / August 25, 2020 @ 7:04 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days ninety-three 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.

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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: 142 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 151.8386° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.5604° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 142 km SSW of Kokopo, 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 2020-08-25 19:04:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-28 15:48:16 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 6.082 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 465 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 1.398 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000bed1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000bed1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bed1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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