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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Lae in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.377S, 147.3187WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, depth 68.181 km, 147.3187° East, -6.377° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mpii. Id of event: us7000mpii. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/06/24 / 2024-06-01 21:52:39 / June 1, 2024 @ 9:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68.181 km (42 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:52:39 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 52 km NE of Lae, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.3187° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.377° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.181 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km NE of Lae, 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 2024-06-01 21:52:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-01 22:09:29 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 354 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 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.012 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us7000mpii Id of event.
Event Code 7000mpii An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mpii, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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