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


Earthquake location -4.3534S, 142.2635WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 65 km WSW of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.2635 East, latitude -4.3534 South, depth = 107.87 km. Global time and date of event 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 20:01:25 / January 11, 2020 @ 8:01 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006yia. Unique identifier: us70006yia. The temblor was reported at 06:01:25 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.87 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven 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: 65 km WSW of Ambunti, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.2635° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.3534° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.87 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km WSW of Ambunti, 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 2020-01-11 20:01:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-11 20:16:04 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 5.587 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us70006yia Id of event.
Event Code 70006yia An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006yia, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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