A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 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 epicenter was at a depth of 27.32 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.0061 East, latitude -6.2925 South, depth = 27.32 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 04:37:07 / February 26, 2018 @ 4:37 am. Id of earthquake: us2000d7xx. Event ids that are associated: us2000d7xx. The temblor was picked up at 14:37:07 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendi, Tari. Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 72 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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