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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Mendi in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.3847S, 142.7887WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 04:03:46 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 142.7887 East, latitude -6.3847 South, depth = 29.78 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.78 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 18:03:46 / February 28, 2018 @ 6:03 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d98w. Unique identifier: us2000d98w.

Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 98 km (61 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendi, Tari.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days ninety and in the last 365 days ninety 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 98 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 142.7887° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.3847° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-28 18:03:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-01 23:27:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.267 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000d98w Id of event.
Event Code 2000d98w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d98w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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