Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Kainantu in Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 92.23 km (57 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 14:55:12 / May 21, 2024 @ 2:55 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 14:55:12 / 2:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 92.23 km, 146.3428° East, -5.9417° South. Event id: us7000mniu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mniu.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kainantu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 65 km NE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	146.3428° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.9417° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	92.23 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	65 km NE of Kainantu, 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	2024-05-21 14:55:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-11 20:23:45	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	271	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	55	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.534	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	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	us7000mniu	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mniu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mniu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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