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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Mendi in Papua New Guinea


Earthquake location -6.297S, 143.2469WA 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 46 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 143.2469° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.297° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-26 12:29:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-26 12:46:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 385 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.955 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000d84e Id of event.
Event Code 2000d84e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d84e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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