A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000d8td. Event ids that are associated: us2000d8td. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:30:54 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 18:30:54 / February 27, 2018 @ 6:30 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 142.5632° East, -6.1504° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari. Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days sixty-six, in the past 30 days sixty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 103 km SW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
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