A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 123 kilometers (76 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Unique identifier: us2000d7yl. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d7yl. The temblor was picked up at 15:20:13 / 3:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 142.5832 East, latitude -6.4864 South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 05:20:13 / February 26, 2018 @ 5:20 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel the quake?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 123 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply