A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Event id: us2000d8gk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d8gk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 29.76 km, 142.8632° East, -6.3485° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 21:52:39 / February 26, 2018 @ 9:52 pm. The temblor was reported at 07:52:39 / 7:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.76 km (18 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 89 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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