A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 127 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (79 miles) on Monday. Unique identifier: us2000d7y3. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d7y3. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 14:41:02 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 151.8309° East, latitude -5.4195° South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kokopo in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 04:41:02 / February 26, 2018 @ 4:41 am.
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 127 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea.
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