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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 137 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.4757S, 153.7535WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 137 km SE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (85 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 153.7535 East, latitude -5.4757 South, depth = 63.04 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.04 km (39 miles). Global time and date of event 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 10:36:27 / February 3, 2018 @ 10:36 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 20:36:27 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d227. Unique identifier: us2000d227.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 137 km SE of Taron, 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 153.7535° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.4757° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 137km SE of Taron, 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 2018-02-03 10:36:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-04 12:12:53 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 2.034 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 186 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 us2000d227 Id of event.
Event Code 2000d227 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d227, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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