A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d84e. Id of event: us2000d84e. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 12:29:30 / February 26, 2018 @ 12:29 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 40.01 km, 143.2469° East, -6.297° South. A tsunami warning has been issued near Mendi in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:29:30 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 40.01 km (25 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wabag, Ialibu, Tari (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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