A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/05/18 / 2018-05-19 18:45:21 / May 19, 2018 @ 6:45 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:45:21 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e8p5. Unique identifier: us1000e8p5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.9608 East, latitude -6.6375 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 91 km SW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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