A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:08:13 / 10:08 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). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 00:08:13 / February 27, 2018 @ 12:08 am. Id of earthquake: us2000d8j8. Event ids that are associated: us2000d8j8. Exact location, longitude 143.3485° East, latitude -6.4713° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari, Ialibu, Mendi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days fourty-seven, in the past 30 days fourty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km SW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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