A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000d8q0. Event ids that are associated: us2000d8q0. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 13:28:47 / February 27, 2018 @ 1:28 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:28:47 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 142.7402 East, latitude -6.2707 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 101 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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