A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jni1. Id of event: us2000jni1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/02/19 / 2019-02-10 14:42:23 / February 10, 2019 @ 2:42 pm. The temblor was reported at 00:42:23 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 143.1025° East, -6.4541° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 68 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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