Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 90 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mriu. Unique identifier: us7000mriu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/24 / 2024-06-03 21:29:58 / June 3, 2024 @ 9:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.338 km (120 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:29:58 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 154.7868° East, -5.8859° South, depth 192.338 km.

Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	154.7868° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.8859° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	192.338 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	90 km WNW of Panguna, 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	2024-06-03 21:29:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-28 03:14:20	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	284	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	40	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	8.326	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.75 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us7000mriu	Id of event.
Event Code	7000mriu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mriu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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