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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 64 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.8905S, 155.3865WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Panguna in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:32:40 / 2:32 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/09/24 / 2024-09-04 14:32:40 / September 4, 2024 @ 2:32 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 85.625 km (53 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 155.3865 East, latitude -6.8905 South, depth = 85.625 km. Id of earthquake: us6000npne. Event ids that are associated: us6000npne.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arawa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Arawa (c. 40 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nineteen 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. 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. 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: 64 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 155.3865° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.8905° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 85.625 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km S of Panguna, 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 2024-09-04 14:32:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-11 10:33:29 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 340 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.176 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us6000npne Id of event.
Event Code 6000npne An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000npne, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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