Strong earthquake: M6.7 quake has struck near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea

A earthquake magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) strikes 112 kilometers (70 miles) from Kokopo in Papua New Guinea on Friday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: pt24320000. Ids that are associated to the event: pt24320000. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 05:28:32 / November 15, 2024 @ 5:28 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.4 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 153.204 East, latitude -4.744 South, depth = 52.4 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:28:32 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 113 km (70 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 130 km (81 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 112 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	153.204° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-4.744° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	52.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	112 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 05:28:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-15 05:36:02	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	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	691	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	pt	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,pt,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	100.799991936	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	pt24320000	Id of event.
Event Code	24320000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,pt24320000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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