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


Earthquake location -5.9899S, 152.237WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 182 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (113 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000nidx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nidx. The temblor was detected at 22:03:12 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 152.237° East, latitude -5.9899° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 22:03:12 / July 23, 2024 @ 10:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 182 km S of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 152.237° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.9899° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 182 km S of Kokopo, 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 2024-07-23 22:03:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 03:48:06 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.068 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us6000nidx Id of event.
Event Code 6000nidx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nidx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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