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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Kandrian in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.0055S, 149.6691WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 15:31:19 / July 15, 2019 @ 3:31 pm. Exact location of event, depth 65.9 km, 149.6691° East, -6.0055° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.9 km (41 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60004uuh. Id of event: us60004uuh. The temblor was picked up at 01:31:19 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe (min 5000 pop).

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km NNE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 149.6691° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.0055° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km NNE of Kandrian, 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 2019-07-15 15:31:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-24 19:24:43 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 3.069 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97 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 us60004uuh Id of event.
Event Code 60004uuh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60004uuh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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