A earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.2616 East, latitude -6.5019 South, depth = 5.2 km. Global time and date of event 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 15:17:57 / February 26, 2018 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d867. Unique identifier: us2000d867. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.2 km (3 miles). The 6.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:17:57 / 1:17 am (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).
Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wabag, Ialibu, Tari (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 84 km (53 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop), 124 km (77 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 56 km SW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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