A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Global time and date of event 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 19:40:52 / February 25, 2018 @ 7:40 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Mendi in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:40:52 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000d7rv. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d7rv. Exact location, longitude 143.3568° East, latitude -6.3806° South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wabag, Ialibu, Tari (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 39 km SW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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