Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Aitape in Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Aitape in Papua New Guinea. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 02:55:14 / September 17, 2024 @ 2:55 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 141.8513° East, -2.8512° South. The temblor was detected at 02:55:14 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nee1. Unique identifier: us7000nee1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vanimo, Aitape, Vanimo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Vanimo (c. 11 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Vanimo (c. 9 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aitape (c. 5 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 63 km WNW of Aitape, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	141.8513° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-2.8512° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	63 km WNW of Aitape, 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	2024-09-17 02:55:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-17 03:15:03	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	354	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	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.195	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	97	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	us7000nee1	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nee1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nee1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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