A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea kilometers (0 miles) from New Guinea, Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:03:55 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d7si. Unique identifier: us1000d7si. Exact location of earthquake, 142.5543° East, -6.0587° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/03/18 / 2018-03-23 00:03:55 / March 23, 2018 @ 12:03 am.
Epicenter of the event was 46 km (28 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea.
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