A 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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