Quakedle
Puzzle #22 was 36 km ENE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea.
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USGS — Tectonic Plates of the Earth
How it scored
- Magnitude
- M6.9 — strong class
- Magnitude type
- mww — W-phase moment magnitude
- Depth
- 41.5 km — shallow
- Region
- Papua New Guinea and the Solomons
- Tsunami indicator
- USGS tsunami indicator set
- Felt reports
- 29 DYFI reports
- PAGER alert
- green PAGER alert
- 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 M6.9. Which standard descriptive class contains it?
- Strong (M6.0–6.9)
- The hypocentral depth is 41.5 km. Which depth band is it in?
- Shallow (less than 70 km)
- USGS locates the event at “36 km ENE of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea”. Which broad authored region matches?
- Papua New Guinea and the Solomons
- What does the USGS tsunami indicator say for this event?
- Yes — the USGS event record has its tsunami indicator set.
- USGS received 29 “Did You Feel It?” reports. Which band is that?
- A few reports (1–99)