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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Kainantu in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.7602S, 146.6114WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 101 km NE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea (63 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 16:44:53 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 16:44:53 / December 14, 2024 @ 4:44 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000nyvu. Event ids that are associated: us7000nyvu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.466 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 146.6114° East, latitude -5.7602° South, depth = 53.466 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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: 101 km NE of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.6114° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.7602° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.466 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 101 km NE of Kainantu, 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 2024-12-14 16:44:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 19:07:08 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 326 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 116 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.661 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 us7000nyvu Id of event.
Event Code 7000nyvu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nyvu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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