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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Kimbe in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on July 25, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -7.3143S, 152.176WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 298 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (185 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.71 km (29 miles). 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: 17/07/20 / 2020-07-17 23:16:23 / July 17, 2020 @ 11:16 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:16:23 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b2u7. Id of event: us6000b2u7. Exact location of event, longitude 152.176 East, latitude -7.3143 South, depth = 46.71 km.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine 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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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: 298 km SE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 152.176° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.3143° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 298 km SE of Kimbe, 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 2020-07-17 23:16:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-25 02:24:00 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 246 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 3.102 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us6000b2u7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000b2u7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b2u7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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