A earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.64 km (15 miles). Exact location, longitude 143.2706° East, latitude -6.4274° South, depth = 23.64 km. The 6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:26:59 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d80x. Id of event: us2000d80x. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 08:26:59 / February 26, 2018 @ 8:26 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Mendi in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wabag, Ialibu, Tari (min 5000 pop).
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-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 50 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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