A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:18:48 / 11:18 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.58 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000d851. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d851. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 13:18:48 / February 26, 2018 @ 1:18 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 143.217° East, -6.3334° South, depth 36.58 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ialibu, Tari, Mendi. Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-one and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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 WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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