Today: 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Near Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

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This is a good site http://earthquaketrack.com/p/papua-new-guinea/recent

 

 

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Lae is where I experienced my one and only Earthquake

 

6.8 is a decent shake

[waerth]

Lot of activity in that area.

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7.1 magnitude earthquake 111 km from Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

 

 

about an hour ago

 

UTC time: Friday, May 01, 2015 08:06 AM

Your time: Friday, May 1 2015 6:06 PM

Magnitude Type: mwp

USGS page: M 7.1 - 110km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea

USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Reports from the public: 0 people

 

Tsunami Warning in place

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Kokopo just copped another 7.5

 

 

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WEPA40 PHEB 050219

TSUPAC

 

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2

NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI

0216 UTC TUE MAY 5 2015

 

...PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE...

 

NOTE UPDATED EARTHQUAKE DEPTH

 

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THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE

UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS

MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.

 

NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF

ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED

INFORMATION.

 

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PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS ... UPDATED

---------------------------------------------

 

* MAGNITUDE 7.5

* ORIGIN TIME 0144 UTC MAY 5 2015

* COORDINATES 5.5 SOUTH 152.0 EAST

* DEPTH 50 KM / 31 MILES

* LOCATION NEW BRITAIN REGION PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 

 

EVALUATION

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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.4 OCCURRED IN

THE NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AT 0144 UTC ON

TUESDAY MAY 5 2015.

 

* BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE

FORECAST FOR SOME COASTS.

 

 

TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST

-----------------------

 

* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 0.3 TO 1 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL

ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS OF

 

PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

 

 

* ACTUAL AMPLITUDES AT THE COAST MAY VARY FROM FORECAST

AMPLITUDES DUE TO UNCERTAINTIES IN THE FORECAST AND LOCAL

FEATURES. IN PARTICULAR MAXIMUM TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES ON ATOLLS

WILL LIKELY BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE FORECAST INDICATES.

 

* FOR OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS PRODUCT A FORECAST HAS NOT

YET BEEN COMPUTED. THE FORECAST WILL BE EXPANDED AS NECESSARY

IN SUBSEQUENT PRODUCTS.

 

 

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

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* GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS

SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL

POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN EVALUATION...

PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT.

 

* PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT

FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND

LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

 

 

ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL

--------------------------

 

* ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE

FOR PLACES WITHIN A REGION WITH FORECAST TSUNAMI AMPLITUDES OF

0.3 METERS AND GREATER ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES

MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. A

TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN WAVES CAN BE

FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

 

LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC)

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KAVIENG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2.5S 150.7E 0258 05/05

 

 

POTENTIAL IMPACTS

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* A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES. THE TIME BETWEEN WAVE CRESTS

CAN VARY FROM 5 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THE HAZARD MAY PERSIST FOR

MANY HOURS OR LONGER AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE.

 

* IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO

THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION

OF THE SHORELINE.

 

* IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT

THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES.

 

* PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN... BE

CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER... OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA.