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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 120 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -4.5154S, 153.3365WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 120 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (75 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:57:25 / 5:57 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 120.276 km (75 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 17:57:25 / November 15, 2024 @ 5:57 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000ns1t. Event ids that are associated: us7000ns1t. Exact location of event, longitude 153.3365 East, latitude -4.5154 South, depth = 120.276 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 120 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 153.3365° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.5154° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120.276 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 120 km E 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 2024-11-15 17:57:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-15 19:55:32 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 312 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 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.213 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 us7000ns1t Id of event.
Event Code 7000ns1t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ns1t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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