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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Madang in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -4.6473S, 147.4183WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 191 km ENE of Madang, Papua New Guinea (119 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 147.4183 East, latitude -4.6473 South, depth = 171.743 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 15:48:37 / February 16, 2025 @ 3:48 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pe4q. Unique identifier: us7000pe4q. The epicenter was at a depth of 171.743 km (107 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:48:37 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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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: 191 km ENE of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.4183° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.6473° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 171.743 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 191 km ENE 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 2025-02-16 15:48:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-16 18:26:34 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 326 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.587 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us7000pe4q Id of event.
Event Code 7000pe4q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pe4q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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