A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 110 kilometers (68 miles) from Porgera in Papua New Guinea. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 05:22:12 / February 28, 2018 @ 5:22 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Porgera in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 142.4845° East, -6.1579° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:22:12 / 3:22 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000d91e. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d91e.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tari (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days seventy-one, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 110 km SW of Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
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