A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact location, longitude 142.8653° East, latitude -5.6973° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000dcxh. Unique identifier: us2000dcxh. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:04:21 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 20:04:21 / February 25, 2018 @ 8:04 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Close 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).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 45 km SW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
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