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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Madang in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.0106S, 145.3951WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:18:30 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.45 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 71.45 km, 145.3951° East, -5.0106° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/06/20 / 2020-06-09 18:18:30 / June 9, 2020 @ 6:18 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a8r0. Id of event: us6000a8r0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madang (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.3951° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.0106° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km WNW of Madang, 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 2020-06-09 18:18:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-09 19:15:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 326 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 3.543 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us6000a8r0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a8r0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a8r0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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