A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Saturday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:17:27 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/06/16 / 2016-06-18 12:17:27 / June 18, 2016 @ 12:17 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000658q. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000658q. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.18 km (18 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.4709 East, latitude -6.6101 South, depth = 28.18 km.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ialibu, Mendi (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 51 km SSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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