6.3M Earthquake in Papua New Guinea

A 6.3-magnitude trembler struck 148 km from Kimbe in Papua New Guinea during 11:23 UTC.

The accurate plcae of a trembler was 5.483ºS and 151.482ºE. The epicenter of a trembler was 35.8 km.  One chairman pronounced a upheaval could be felt 1271 km divided in a Solomon Islands.

The trembler effected a following locations in Papua New Guinea: Kimbe, Kokopo, Kavieng, Arawa, and Popondetta.

No injuries or poignant skill repairs has been reported.

The Australia-Pacific image is some-more that 4,000 km long. On a northern margin, it extends from a Sunda Trench to a Solomon Islands. The eastern territory is over 2,300 km prolonged and it extends from northeast of Australia and a Coral Sea until it intersects a easterly seashore of Papua New Guinea. The range is dominated by a northward subduction of a Australia plate.

The Australian image converges with a Pacific image along a South Solomon trench, during a rate of 95 mm/yr toward a east-northeast. Seismicity along a ditch is compared to subduction tectonics and vast earthquakes are common. There have bee 13 temblors 7.5M and incomparable available given 1900.

On Apr 1, 2007, there was an 8.1M interplate megathrust earthquake. It struck on a western finish of a ditch and generated a tsunami that killed 40 people. It was a third 8.1M megathrust trembler compared with a subduction section in a final century. The other dual megathrust events were in 1939 and 1977.

Written by Jeanette Smith

Source:

USGS: M 6.3 – 148km E of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea

Image Courtesy of Nomad Tales’ Flickr Page – Creative Commons License

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