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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Goroka in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.785S, 145.7511WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Goroka in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 46.78 km (29 miles). Global time and date of event 19/07/20 / 2020-07-19 00:13:29 / July 19, 2020 @ 12:13 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000b3fr. Unique identifier: us6000b3fr. The temblor was picked up at 00:13:29 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 46.78 km, 145.7511° East, -5.785° South.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kundiawa, Madang, Kainantu. Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Kundiawa (c. 9 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km NE of Goroka, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.7511° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.785° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km NE of Goroka, 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 2020-07-19 00:13:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-02 05:02:45 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 284 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 3.857 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us6000b3fr Id of event.
Event Code 6000b3fr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b3fr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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