A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.9013 East, latitude -6.5507 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 20:01:04 / May 12, 2018 @ 8:01 pm. Event id: us1000e3se. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e3se. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:01:04 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendi, Tari.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 92 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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