Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag was detected near Mendi in Papua New Guinea

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Id of earthquake: us7000crlf. Event ids that are associated: us7000crlf. The temblor was reported at 16:08:28 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.33 km (19 miles). Exact location, longitude 143.1637° East, latitude -6.3903° South, depth = 31.33 km. Global time and date of event 16/12/20 / 2020-12-16 16:08:28 / December 16, 2020 @ 4:08 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wabag, Ialibu, Tari (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	143.1637° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.3903° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.33 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60 km WSW of Mendi, 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	2020-12-16 16:08:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-16 16:26:43	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	518	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	6.017	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	36	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	us7000crlf	Id of event.
Event Code	7000crlf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000crlf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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