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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.1901S, 147.4175WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68.36 km (42 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/07/20 / 2020-07-01 05:39:45 / July 1, 2020 @ 5:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 147.4175 East, latitude -6.1901 South, depth = 68.36 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:39:45 / 5:39 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000aflz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000aflz.

Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lae. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 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: 62 km NW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.4175° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.1901° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km NW of Finschhafen, 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 2020-07-01 05:39:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-01 06:12:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 354 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 3.204 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us7000aflz Id of event.
Event Code 7000aflz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000aflz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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