Quakedle
Puzzle #108 was 97 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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USGS — Tectonic Plates of the Earth
How it scored
- Magnitude
- M5.1 — moderate class
- Magnitude type
- mb - body-wave magnitude
- Depth
- 116.3 km — intermediate
- Region
- Papua New Guinea and the Solomons
- Tsunami indicator
- USGS tsunami indicator not set
- Felt reports
- No DYFI count reported
- PAGER alert
- No PAGER alert color reported
- Tectonic plates
- Australian Plate · Pacific Plate
- Tectonic context
- Rapid convergence between the Australian and Pacific plates is divided among several trenches, microplates, and faults.
Also on the record
- USGS reports magnitude M5.1. Which standard descriptive class contains it?
- Moderate (M5.0–5.9)
- The hypocentral depth is 116.3 km. Which depth band is it in?
- Intermediate (70–300 km)
- USGS locates the event at “97 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea”. Which broad authored region matches?
- Papua New Guinea and the Solomons
- What does the USGS tsunami indicator say for this event?
- No — USGS did not set the event’s tsunami indicator; that is not a forecast.
- Is this the largest earthquake in the supplied USGS week comparison?
- No — at least one supplied week event has a higher magnitude.