A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.63 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000d8u9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d8u9. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 142.8217 East, latitude -6.2216 South, depth = 31.63 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:11:07 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 20:11:07 / February 27, 2018 @ 8:11 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Mendi in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendi, Tari (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days sixty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-eight and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 91 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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