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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Mendi in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.3805S, 143.2632WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.05 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:00:17 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000d83d. Event ids that are associated: us2000d83d. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.2632 East, latitude -6.3805 South, depth = 33.05 km. Global time and date of event 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 11:00:17 / February 26, 2018 @ 11:00 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ialibu, Tari, Mendi (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 earthquakes 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-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 48 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.2632° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.3805° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.05 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-26 11:00:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-26 11:29:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 369 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.891 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000d83d Id of event.
Event Code 2000d83d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d83d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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