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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Madang in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.6014S, 145.9681WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, 145.9681° East, -5.6014° South, depth 54.202 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:46:19 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 54.202 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/06/24 / 2024-06-10 03:46:19 / June 10, 2024 @ 3:46 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mrex. Id of event: us7000mrex.

Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Goroka, Kainantu, Madang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km SSE 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 145.9681° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.6014° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.202 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km SSE 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 2024-06-10 03:46:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-10 04:17:29 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 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.8 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us7000mrex Id of event.
Event Code 7000mrex An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mrex, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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