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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Lorengau in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -3.4145S, 146.3059WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 187 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (116 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.29 km (28 miles). Event id: us2000cytq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cytq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/01/18 / 2018-01-27 14:43:41 / January 27, 2018 @ 2:43 pm. The temblor was reported at 00:43:41 / 12:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 146.3059 East, latitude -3.4145 South, depth = 44.29 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 187 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.3059° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.4145° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 187km SW of Lorengau, 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 2018-01-27 14:43:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-24 22:04:16 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 298 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 1.725 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us2000cytq Id of event.
Event Code 2000cytq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cytq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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