A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.39 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 03:58:05 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 17:58:05 / February 26, 2018 @ 5:58 pm. Event id: us2000d8be. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d8be. Exact location of earthquake, 142.4853° East, -5.9412° South, depth 19.39 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 fifty-five, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days fifty-seven and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 94 km WSW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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