A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 108 kilometers (67 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was detected at 05:41:35 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d4wt. Unique identifier: us1000d4wt. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/03/18 / 2018-03-15 19:41:35 / March 15, 2018 @ 7:41 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.5396 East, latitude -6.1911 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby 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). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 108 km SW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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