Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Goroka in Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Goroka in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, depth 109.029 km, 145.5176° East, -6.2236° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.029 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000ngpr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ngpr. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/24 / 2024-07-17 22:28:10 / July 17, 2024 @ 10:28 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:28:10 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kundiawa (c. 9 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kundiawa, Kainantu, Goroka.

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

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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: 21 km SE of Goroka, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	145.5176° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.2236° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	109.029 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km SE of Goroka, 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	2024-07-17 22:28:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-12 03:58:56	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	246	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.555	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.44 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	us6000ngpr	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ngpr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ngpr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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