October 17, 2016
A large M6.9 earthquake has struck the West Pacific in the Solomon Islands in Eastern Papua New Guinea.
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Papua New Guinea had a multiple day warning for large movement to strike.
PNG was a specifically warned location, one which we talked about over the past several days due to the deep M6.4 which occurred a few days ago (leading to this new shallower larger earthquake today).
See the most recent warning issued a full day prior to the earthquake (October 15 2016) here:
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Information from the USGS:
M6.9 – 78km WNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20007ept#origin
| Magnitude | 6.9 mwp |
|---|---|
| Location / uncertainty | 6.053°S 148.862°E± 6.6 km |
| Depth / uncertainty | 35.0 km± 1.8 |
| Origin Time | |
| Number of Stations | – |
| Number of Phases | 142 |
| Minimum Distance | 415.6 km (3.73°) |
| Travel Time Residual | 1.29 s |
| Azimuthal Gap | 16° |
| FE Region | NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (192) |
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Information from the Australian agency:
http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/getQuakeDetails.do?quakeId=3884973&orid=1391901&sta=RABL
Date and Time
UTC: 17 October 2016 @ 06:14:57
Location New Britain, PNG.
Coordinates: -6.211, 149.121
Depth: 0 km
Magnitude
Ms: 6.8
Potentially Tsunamigenic
Yes
Solution status
Last updated: 17 October 2016 @ 17:36:22 (AEDT)
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Additionally, here is the information from the German GEOPHON agency:
http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqinfo/event.php?from=rss&id=gfz2016ukig
| F-E Region: | New Britain Region, P.N.G. | |
| Time: | 2016-10-17 06:15:02.8 UTC | |
| Magnitude: | 6.7 (Mw) | |
| Epicenter: | 148.80°E 6.04°S | |
| Depth: | 87 km | |
| Status: | C – confirmed |
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