Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Kainantu in Papua New Guinea

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Kainantu in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 11:52:52 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 114.842 km, 146.0566° East, -6.255° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 114.842 km (71 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 11:52:52 / August 17, 2024 @ 11:52 am. Id of earthquake: us7000ncui. Event ids that are associated: us7000ncui. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Goroka, Kainantu (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km E of Kainantu, Papua New Guinea.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	146.0566° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.255° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	114.842 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km E of Kainantu, 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	2024-08-17 11:52:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-11 06:32:51	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	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	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.315	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	148	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	us7000ncui	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ncui	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ncui,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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