A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude 142.5691 East, latitude -6.1009 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 18:36:53 / February 28, 2018 @ 6:36 pm. Event id: us1000d265. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d265. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:36:53 / 4:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-two, 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 99 km SW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
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