A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Event id: us2000d7v9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d7v9. Exact location of earthquake, 143.1539° East, -6.5246° South, depth 27.93 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 23:46:23 / February 25, 2018 @ 11:46 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.93 km (17 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:46:23 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ialibu, Tari, Mendi.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 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: 67 km SW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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