A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Exact location, longitude 142.9371° East, latitude -6.6314° South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us1000da3x. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000da3x. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/03/18 / 2018-03-28 11:46:16 / March 28, 2018 @ 11:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:46:16 / 9:46 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari. Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each 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 thirteen, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 93 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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