Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Madang in Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was picked up at 02:38:49 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 145.4457° East, -5.2958° South, depth 104.971 km. Unique identifier: us7000nnxt. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nnxt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 02:38:49 / October 30, 2024 @ 2:38 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.971 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Madang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 38 km WSW of Madang, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	145.4457° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.2958° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	104.971 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38 km WSW of Madang, 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	2024-10-30 02:38:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-31 02:37:55	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	298	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	19	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	8.893	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.85 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	129	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	us7000nnxt	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nnxt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nnxt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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