A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d8k4. Id of event: us2000d8k4. The temblor was reported at 12:15:07 / 12:15 pm (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). Exact location, longitude 143.2716° East, latitude -6.5309° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 02:15:07 / February 27, 2018 @ 2:15 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ialibu, Tari, Mendi. Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days fifty-one, in the past 30 days fifty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km SW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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