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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on June 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.415S, 147.916WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 17 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (11 miles) on Sunday. Event id: us6000n9hk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n9hk. 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: 30/06/24 / 2024-06-30 21:08:57 / June 30, 2024 @ 9:08 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.337 km (35 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:08:57 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 147.916 East, latitude -6.415 South, depth = 56.337 km.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 17 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.916° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.415° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.337 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km NNE of Finschhafen, 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 2024-06-30 21:08:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-30 22:00:10 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.063 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 152 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 us6000n9hk Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9hk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9hk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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