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

Posted by admin on November 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.8317S, 148.1083WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 85 km NNE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (53 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:29:01 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 148.1083° East, -5.8317° South, depth 155.264 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/10/24 / 2024-10-11 17:29:01 / October 11, 2024 @ 5:29 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 155.264 km (96 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000np1v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000np1v.

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

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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: 85 km NNE of Finschhafen, 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 148.1083° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.8317° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 155.264 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85 km NNE of Finschhafen, 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 2024-10-11 17:29:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-06 21:49:27 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.672 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us7000np1v Id of event.
Event Code 7000np1v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000np1v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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