A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 15:27:07 / February 27, 2018 @ 3:27 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:27:07 / 1:27 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d8qt. Id of event: us2000d8qt. Exact location of event, longitude 143.2841 East, latitude -6.4128 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ialibu, Tari, Mendi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days sixty-two, in the past 30 days sixty-two and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 48 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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