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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on November 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.96S, 147.5369WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 74 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (46 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nv4u. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nv4u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:10:15 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.378 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 14:10:15 / November 30, 2024 @ 2:10 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.5369 East, latitude -5.96 South, depth = 113.378 km.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-one 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.

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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. 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: 74 km NNW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.5369° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.96° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 113.378 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km NNW 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 2024-11-30 14:10:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-30 14:44:11 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.443 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us7000nv4u Id of event.
Event Code 7000nv4u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nv4u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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