A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:58:26 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d2qf. Unique identifier: us1000d2qf. Global time and date of event 10/03/18 / 2018-03-10 10:58:26 / March 10, 2018 @ 10:58 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.7965 East, latitude -6.3686 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 96 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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