A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:38:01 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000dd2j. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000dd2j. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 143.2374° East, -6.4008° South. Global time and date of event 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 00:38:01 / February 26, 2018 @ 12:38 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ialibu, Tari, Mendi (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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