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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Madang in Papua New Guinea

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Earthquake location -4.7269S, 144.9827WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 104 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea (65 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 13:18:05 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000rcik. Event ids that are associated: us6000rcik. The epicenter was at a depth of 183.877 km (114 miles). Global time and date of event 24/09/25 / 2025-09-24 13:18:05 / September 24, 2025 @ 1:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.9827 East, latitude -4.7269 South, depth = 183.877 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 104 km WNW of Madang, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.9827° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.7269° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 183.877 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 104 km WNW 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 2025-09-24 13:18:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-01 13:08:49 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.573 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us6000rcik Id of event.
Event Code 6000rcik An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rcik, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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