A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:57:49 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000dnd2. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dnd2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 142.8764° East, -6.4927° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/04/18 / 2018-04-18 21:57:49 / April 18, 2018 @ 9:57 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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