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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Goroka in Papua New Guinea

Posted by admin on March 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.6445S, 145.5116WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Goroka in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pzen. Id of event: us6000pzen. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 145.5116 East, latitude -5.6445 South, depth = 124.617 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:13:02 / 8:13 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/03/25 / 2025-03-17 20:13:02 / March 17, 2025 @ 8:13 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.617 km (77 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Madang (c. 27 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Goroka (c. 18 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kundiawa (c. 9 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kainantu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kainantu, Kundiawa, Madang (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km NNE of Goroka, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.5116° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.6445° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 124.617 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km NNE of Goroka, 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 2025-03-17 20:13:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-17 20:42:16 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 340 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.027 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us6000pzen Id of event.
Event Code 6000pzen An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pzen, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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