A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, 143.0831° East, -6.2934° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000dcx8. Event ids that are associated: us2000dcx8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 18:49:10 / February 25, 2018 @ 6:49 pm. The temblor was detected at 04:49:10 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendi, Tari. Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and eleven, in the last 10 days two hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days two hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 64 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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