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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 61 km SSW of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.8272S, 145.7436WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.26 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 00:13:22 / January 7, 2019 @ 12:13 am. Exact location of event, longitude 145.7436 East, latitude -6.8272 South, depth = 33.26 km. The temblor was detected at 10:13:22 / 10:13 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000j89v. Event ids that are associated: us2000j89v.

Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Kainantu (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 61 km SSW of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.7436° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.8272° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km SSW 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 2019-01-07 00:13:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-25 05:31:49 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 298 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 2.919 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 262 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 us2000j89v Id of event.
Event Code 2000j89v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j89v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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