A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact location, longitude 142.8392° East, latitude -6.3315° South, depth = 60.3 km. Event id: us2000d81l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d81l. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 09:19:43 / February 26, 2018 @ 9:19 am. The temblor was picked up at 19:19:43 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Mendi in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 60.3 km (37 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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