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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Rabaul in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -3.3955S, 152.1052WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was picked up at 13:25:37 / 1:25 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/05/24 / 2024-05-14 13:25:37 / May 14, 2024 @ 1:25 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 394.241 km, 152.1052° East, -3.3955° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 394.241 km (245 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000n02f. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n02f.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km N of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 152.1052° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.3955° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 394.241 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 km N of Rabaul, 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 2024-05-14 13:25:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-06 18:49:51 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.92 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us6000n02f Id of event.
Event Code 6000n02f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n02f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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