A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d94v. Unique identifier: us2000d94v. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 13:08:46 / February 28, 2018 @ 1:08 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 143.1542° East, -6.2538° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:08:46 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ialibu, Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days seventy-nine, in the past 30 days seventy-nine and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 55 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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