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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Kandrian in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.2868S, 148.4827WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 155 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (96 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:26:39 / 2:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 148.4827 East, latitude -5.2868 South, depth = 176.66 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/20 / 2020-09-15 02:26:39 / September 15, 2020 @ 2:26 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 176.66 km (110 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bptt. Id of event: us7000bptt.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 155 km NW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 148.4827° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.2868° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 176.66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 155 km NW 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 2020-09-15 02:26:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-05 23:58:43 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 259 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 4.296 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us7000bptt Id of event.
Event Code 7000bptt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bptt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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