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


Earthquake location -4.3337S, 151.9688WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.98 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:44:55 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008h0d. Id of event: us70008h0d. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/03/20 / 2020-03-20 18:44:55 / March 20, 2020 @ 6:44 pm. Exact location, longitude 151.9688° East, latitude -4.3337° South, depth = 6.98 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kokopo, Rabaul.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 27 km SW of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 151.9688° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.3337° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km SW of Rabaul, 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 2020-03-20 18:44:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-16 21:41:15 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 0.24 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us70008h0d Id of event.
Event Code 70008h0d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008h0d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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