A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea kilometers (0 miles) from New Guinea, Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 19:19:15 / February 25, 2018 @ 7:19 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:19:15 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000dcxc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000dcxc. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 142.3849° East, -5.7917° South.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eighty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: New Guinea, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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