A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 114 kilometers (71 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d90v. Id of event: us2000d90v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:30:37 / 1:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 03:30:37 / February 28, 2018 @ 3:30 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 142.4519° East, -6.1859° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days sixty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-eight and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 114 km SW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
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