A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Angoram in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.5776 East, latitude -4.2256 South, depth = 134.72 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000d5rx. Event ids that are associated: us2000d5rx. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 07:37:06 / February 21, 2018 @ 7:37 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 134.72 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:37:06 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wewak (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Wewak (c. 18 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
Did you feel anything?
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. 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: 57 km WSW of Angoram, Papua New Guinea.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply