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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Kandrian in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.5786S, 149.3797WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea. Id of earthquake: us6000n8bb. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8bb. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/06/24 / 2024-06-12 07:04:18 / June 12, 2024 @ 7:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 149.3797° East, -5.5786° South, depth 171.564 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:04:18 / 7:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 171.564 km (107 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 71 km NNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 149.3797° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.5786° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 171.564 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 km NNW of Kandrian, 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 2024-06-12 07:04:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-11 11:41:22 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 259 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 4.046 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 us6000n8bb Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8bb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8bb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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