Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 32 km NE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.7775 East, latitude -6.031 South, depth = 66.84 km. Id of earthquake: us1000ggru. Event ids that are associated: us1000ggru. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/08/18 / 2018-08-18 19:25:51 / August 18, 2018 @ 7:25 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:25:51 / 5:25 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 66.84 km (42 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km NE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	149.7775° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.031° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	66.84 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32km NE 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	2018-08-18 19:25:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-09-06 23:01:01	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	312	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	2.998	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.54 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	84	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	us1000ggru	Id of event.
Event Code	1000ggru	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000ggru,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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