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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -5.2776S, 153.7869WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 197 km ESE of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (122 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, 153.7869° East, -5.2776° South, depth 82.422 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 82.422 km (51 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/25 / 2025-04-26 09:50:00 / April 26, 2025 @ 9:50 am. Id of earthquake: us7000pv7s. Event ids that are associated: us7000pv7s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:50:00 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 197 km ESE of Kokopo, 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 153.7869° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.2776° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82.422 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 197 km ESE of Kokopo, 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 2025-04-26 09:50:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-26 10:16:48 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.945 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92 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 us7000pv7s Id of event.
Event Code 7000pv7s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pv7s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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