A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. Id of earthquake: us1000daax. Event ids that are associated: us1000daax. Exact location, longitude 142.7534° East, latitude -6.3238° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 28/03/18 / 2018-03-28 18:50:05 / March 28, 2018 @ 6:50 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). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:50:05 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendi, Tari. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 101 km (63 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 100 km W of Mendi, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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