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Strong earthquake, 6 mag was detected near Kimbe in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -4.4502S, 150.0872WA earthquake with magnitude 6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 121 km N of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (75 miles). The 6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:18:52 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 12:18:52 / October 30, 2024 @ 12:18 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 521.212 km (324 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.0872 East, latitude -4.4502 South, depth = 521.212 km. Unique identifier: us7000nnz9. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnz9.

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 121 km N of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 150.0872° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.4502° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 521.212 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 121 km N of Kimbe, 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 2024-10-30 12:18:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-30 12:30:52 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 554 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 97 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.086 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 19 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 us7000nnz9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nnz9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nnz9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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