A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Taron in Papua New Guinea. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/05/15 / 2015-05-31 06:48:24 / May 31, 2015 @ 6:48 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:48:24 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.73 km (10 miles). Exact location, longitude 152.8252° East, latitude -4.4737° South, depth = 16.73 km. Id of earthquake: us20002nzu. Event ids that are associated: us20002nzu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rabaul, Kokopo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 23 km W of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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