A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 142.964° East, -6.2562° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 19:07:53 / February 25, 2018 @ 7:07 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dcxa. Id of event: us2000dcxa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:07:53 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendi, Tari. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and thirty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 76 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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