A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 23:07:27 / February 25, 2018 @ 11:07 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:07:27 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d7ux. Unique identifier: us2000d7ux. Exact location, longitude 143.128° East, latitude -6.1535° South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ialibu, Mendi, Tari. Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 57 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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