A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000d7yf. Event ids that are associated: us2000d7yf. Exact location of earthquake, 143.4677° East, -6.344° South, depth 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 04:54:00 / February 26, 2018 @ 4:54 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:54:00 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wabag, Tari, Ialibu (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km SW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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