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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Madang in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.3937S, 145.8938WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Madang in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/01/19 / 2019-01-18 18:26:22 / January 18, 2019 @ 6:26 pm. Event id: us2000j5yq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j5yq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.38 km (37 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:26:22 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 145.8938 East, latitude -5.3937 South, depth = 59.38 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kainantu, Goroka, Madang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 22 km (13 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SSE of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This data 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 145.8938° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.3937° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km SSE of Madang, 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 2019-01-18 18:26:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-18 19:41:56 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 3.638 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 us2000j5yq Id of event.
Event Code 2000j5yq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j5yq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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