A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:07:50 / 4:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 18:07:50 / February 25, 2018 @ 6:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 143.2421° East, latitude -6.3602° South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dcwz. Id of event: us2000dcwz.
Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ialibu, Tari, Mendi.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and ninety-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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