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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near New Britain region, Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.9657S, 150.395WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes New Britain region, Papua New Guinea kilometers (0 miles) from New Britain region, Papua New Guinea on Monday. The temblor was reported at 06:32:04 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.74 km (39 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/20 / 2020-10-12 06:32:04 / October 12, 2020 @ 6:32 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 150.395° East, latitude -5.9657° South, depth = 62.74 km. Unique identifier: us6000c7qb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c7qb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kimbe (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: New Britain region, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 150.395° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.9657° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place New Britain region, 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 2020-10-12 06:32:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-17 07:10:48 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 271 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 2.492 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us6000c7qb Id of event.
Event Code 6000c7qb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c7qb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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