Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Taron in Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea on Friday. Unique identifier: us1000d1tq. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d1tq. Exact location of event, longitude 152.925 East, latitude -4.3279 South, depth = 68.31 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:27:26 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/03/18 / 2018-03-08 22:27:26 / March 8, 2018 @ 10:27 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 68.31 km (42 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (46 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).

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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 19 km NW of Taron, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	152.925° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-4.3279° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	68.31 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19km NW of Taron, 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	2018-03-08 22:27:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-03-08 22:49:10	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	600	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	369	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.771	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.58 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	120	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	us1000d1tq	Id of event.
Event Code	1000d1tq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000d1tq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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