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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.4111S, 153.0181WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 144 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (89 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nt26. Id of event: us6000nt26. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:47:46 / 12:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 00:47:46 / September 17, 2024 @ 12:47 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 153.0181 East, latitude -5.4111 South, depth = 21.614 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.614 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-four 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 144 km SE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 153.0181° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.4111° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.614 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 144 km SE 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 2024-09-17 00:47:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-15 21:36:51 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 284 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 1.477 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 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 us6000nt26 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nt26 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nt26, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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