A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, 143.0132° East, -6.3014° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70003en3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003en3. Global time and date of event 21/04/19 / 2019-04-21 04:22:48 / April 21, 2019 @ 4:22 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:22:48 / 2:22 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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: 71 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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