A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:11:14 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000eug6. Event ids that are associated: us1000eug6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 12:11:14 / June 18, 2018 @ 12:11 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 142.463° East, -6.025° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-three 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 102 km SW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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