A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 11:04:12 / February 26, 2018 @ 11:04 am. The temblor was detected at 21:04:12 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000d83g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d83g. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.31 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 143.047° East, latitude -6.1569° South, depth = 22.31 km.
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendi, Tari.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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