Strong earthquake 6.6 mag, 123 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

A earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 123 kilometers (76 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was picked up at 05:28:29 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000nrwz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00smz8ji, pt24320000, us7000nrwz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 05:28:29 / November 15, 2024 @ 5:28 am. Exact location of event, depth 51.891 km, 153.3201° East, -4.7021° South. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.891 km (32 miles).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 123 km (77 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 123 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	153.3201° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-4.7021° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	51.891 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	123 km ESE 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	2024-11-15 05:28:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-15 05:42:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.61	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	670	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	,at,pt,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	50	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.26	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.35 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	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	us7000nrwz	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nrwz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00smz8ji,pt24320000,us7000nrwz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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