A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. Exact location, longitude 142.6353° East, latitude -6.1196° South, depth = 35 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:01:49 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 07:01:49 / February 26, 2018 @ 7:01 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Porgera in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000d7zv. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d7zv. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tari. Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days twenty-eight 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 95 km SW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
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