Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 46 km NNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 132.455 km (82 miles). Exact location of event, depth 132.455 km, 149.3727° East, -5.8218° South. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:21:10 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pzs0. Id of event: us6000pzs0. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/03/25 / 2025-03-10 11:21:10 / March 10, 2025 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	149.3727° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.8218° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	132.455 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	46 km NNW of Kandrian, 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	2025-03-10 11:21:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-30 07:10:40	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	271	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	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.041	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.02 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	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	us6000pzs0	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pzs0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pzs0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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