A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 110 kilometers (68 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. Unique identifier: us2000d8gv. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d8gv. The temblor was reported at 08:02:30 / 8:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.546 East, latitude -6.2246 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 22:02:30 / February 26, 2018 @ 10:02 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 110 km SW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
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