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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Aitape in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -3.1419S, 142.7634WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Aitape in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 142.7634° East, latitude -3.1419° South, depth = 15.8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.8 km (10 miles). Unique identifier: us100041rl. Ids that are associated to the event: us100041rl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:23:51 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 13:23:51 / November 25, 2015 @ 1:23 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Aitape (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aitape.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km E of Aitape, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.7634° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.1419° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km E of Aitape, Papua New Guinea Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-25 13:23:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-23 11:12:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.149 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100041rl Id of event.
Event Code 100041rl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100041rl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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