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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Madang in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.692S, 146.0295WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 124.54 km (77 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h5h3. Id of event: us2000h5h3. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/08/18 / 2018-08-21 16:52:54 / August 21, 2018 @ 4:52 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:52:54 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 124.54 km, 146.0295° East, -5.692° South.

Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Kainantu, Madang. The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 57 km SSE of Madang, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.0295° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.692° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 124.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57km SSE of Madang, 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 2018-08-21 16:52:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-03 20:06:54 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 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.855 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us2000h5h3 Id of event.
Event Code 2000h5h3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000h5h3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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