A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 19:36:45 / February 25, 2018 @ 7:36 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000dcy5. Event ids that are associated: us2000dcy5. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 143.1895° East, -6.4758° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:36:45 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ialibu, Tari, Mendi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and twenty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 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: 60 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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