A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:11:43 / 7:11 am (local time epicenter). 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) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 142.363° East, -5.6987° South, depth 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d7t3. Unique identifier: us2000d7t3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 21:11:43 / February 25, 2018 @ 9:11 pm.
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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