A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 18:47:18 / February 25, 2018 @ 6:47 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d7rq. Id of event: us2000d7rq. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:47:18 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 142.924° East, -6.0589° South. A tsunami warning has been issued near Porgera in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 72 km SSW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
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