A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.38 km (20 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000d7zh. Event ids that are associated: us2000d7zh. The temblor was detected at 16:27:50 / 4:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 06:27:50 / February 26, 2018 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 32.38 km, 142.6275° East, -6.1585° South.
The epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 99 km SW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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