A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact location, longitude 143.1497° East, latitude -6.2977° South, depth = 38.32 km. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:49:45 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000d84n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d84n. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 12:49:45 / February 26, 2018 @ 12:49 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 38.32 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ialibu, Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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