A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:28:13 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 142.7552° East, -6.1671° South, depth 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 22:28:13 / February 25, 2018 @ 10:28 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Porgera in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event id: us2000d7u8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d7u8.
Epicenter of the event was 99 km (62 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km SSW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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