A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. Event id: us2000dcx9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dcx9. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 18:59:05 / February 25, 2018 @ 6:59 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 142.7302° East, -6.0473° South. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:59:05 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 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 or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and thirty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 82 km SW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
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