A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. Global time and date of event 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 19:00:18 / February 28, 2018 @ 7:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 142.7452° East, latitude -6.1481° South, depth = 21.15 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:00:18 / 5:00 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 21.15 km (13 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000d99x. Event ids that are associated: us2000d99x.
Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 90 km SSW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
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