A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/18 / 2018-02-25 18:26:14 / February 25, 2018 @ 6:26 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000d7rc. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d7rc. Exact location of earthquake, 143.4862° East, -6.433° South, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Mendi in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:26:14 / 4:26 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wabag, Mount Hagen, Tari. Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). The epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from Mount Hagen (c. 33 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seven 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 33 km SSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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