A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of event, longitude 143.1622 East, latitude -6.2481 South, depth = 34.31 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d7rl. Id of event: us2000d7rl. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.31 km (21 miles). 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 05:05:01 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 19:05:01 / February 25, 2018 @ 7:05 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ialibu, Mendi, Tari. Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days 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. Each 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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