A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:16:56 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 142.4064° East, -5.965° South, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us2000d8ha. Event ids that are associated: us2000d8ha. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 22:16:56 / February 26, 2018 @ 10:16 pm UTC/GMT.
Close 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). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 103 km WSW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
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