A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:57:46 / 8:57 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 22:57:46 / February 25, 2018 @ 10:57 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Mendi in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000d7up. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d7up. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 143.1137° East, -6.3409° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ialibu, Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 62 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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