A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Mendi in Papua New Guinea. The temblor was reported at 22:34:54 / 10:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.7 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Mendi in Papua New Guinea (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 12:34:54 / February 26, 2018 @ 12:34 pm. Exact location, longitude 143.3448° East, latitude -6.3147° South, depth = 26.7 km. Id of earthquake: us2000d84y. Event ids that are associated: us2000d84y.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wabag, Ialibu, Tari. Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Mendi (c. 26 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tari (c. 8 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ialibu (c. 6 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Wabag (c. 4 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 37 km WSW of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
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