A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Unique identifier: us2000d82h. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d82h. The temblor was picked up at 20:07:48 / 8:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.9 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 142.8408° East, -6.2669° South, depth 35.9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 10:07:48 / February 26, 2018 @ 10:07 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendi, Tari. Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 90 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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