A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Global time and date of event 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 07:41:04 / February 26, 2018 @ 7:41 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000d80b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d80b. The temblor was detected at 17:41:04 / 5:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 142.8372° East, -6.3073° South.
Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 91 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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