Earthquake in Papua New Guinea 6.3

Looks like we have another quake...

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 6.3
Date-Time

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 05:05:04 UTC
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 03:05:04 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 5.886°S, 150.994°E
Depth 9.9 km (6.2 miles)
Region NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Distances 100 km (62 miles) ESE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG
163 km (101 miles) ENE of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG
576 km (357 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea
2401 km (1491 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 15.6 km (9.7 miles); depth +/- 2.9 km (1.8 miles)
Parameters NST= 73, Nph= 80, Dmin=228.2 km, Rmss=1.42 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=5
Source

Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usc0006azz

source

Quite a few strong ones in this area lately...

southern asia is certianly heating up.
quite shallow as well, lets hope no repercussions or aftershocks!

I recently downloaded Earth Alerts. It's kind of a nuisance in a way because it keeps popping up every few minutes. If you're trying to keep up with earthquakes, volcanoes and such; it probably is good software to have.

If you're interested here's the download link

Earth Alerts

reply to post by visualmiscreant



i tried it and it would time out for initial update and so never really worked properly.

Yes the whole ring....is on fire.

Originally posted by visualmiscreant
I recently downloaded Earth Alerts. It's kind of a nuisance in a way because it keeps popping up every few minutes. If you're trying to keep up with earthquakes, volcanoes and such; it probably is good software to have.

If you're interested here's the download link

Earth Alerts

cheers, might just do that.

reply to post by ShortMemory

Hopefully we'll get an update soon. I just hope everyone is ok over there. I've never personally experienced an earthquake, but my wife tells me they can be quite frightening at times, even without mass destruction.

reply to post by The Great Day

Mine works fine, except for the program version update function. I'll probably have to uninstall this version and reinstall the update.

Originally posted by visualmiscreant
reply to post by ShortMemory

 

Hopefully we'll get an update soon. I just hope everyone is ok over there. I've never personally experienced an earthquake, but my wife tells me they can be quite frightening at times, even without mass destruction.

yeah im sure we'll hear soon, png is densley populated and prone to land slides. and obviously tsunamis.
neither have i, as bad as it sounds and i dont mean to offend those who have been in one but ive always wanted to experience one..would be pretty humbling to feel the ground at your feet shake like that.

Looks like it's been downgraded to a 6.0. I'm going to bed, so if anyone has an update, please advise...