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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Lae in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on January 24, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.5313S, 147.1272WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 132 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea (82 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:14:39 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 147.1272 East, latitude -5.5313 South, depth = 198.04 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cmzz. Id of event: us2000cmzz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 21:14:39 / January 8, 2018 @ 9:14 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 198.04 km (123 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 132 km N of Lae, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.1272° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.5313° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 198.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 132km N of Lae, 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 2018-01-08 21:14:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-24 23:28:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 3.473 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us2000cmzz Id of event.
Event Code 2000cmzz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cmzz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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