A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Global time and date of event 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 22:19:11 / February 25, 2018 @ 10:19 pm UTC/GMT. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:19:11 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000d7un. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d7un. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Mendi in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 143.1923 East, latitude -6.3044 South, depth = 35 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ialibu, Tari, Mendi.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days twelve 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 52 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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