A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/02/18 / 2018-02-27 06:19:12 / February 27, 2018 @ 6:19 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000d8my. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d8my. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.0483 East, latitude -6.4178 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:19:12 / 4:19 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). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ialibu, Mendi, Tari. Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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