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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Lae in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.4778S, 146.714WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Lae in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0ai. Id of event: us7000n0ai. Exact location of earthquake, 146.714° East, -6.4778° South, depth 46.717 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.717 km (29 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/24 / 2024-07-10 01:38:20 / July 10, 2024 @ 1:38 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:38:20 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Bulolo (c. 16 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bulolo, Lae (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 41 km NW of Lae, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.714° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.4778° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.717 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km NW of Lae, 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 2024-07-10 01:38:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-21 22:06:38 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.941 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us7000n0ai Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0ai An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0ai, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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