A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 121 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (75 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 21:51:09 / July 12, 2015 @ 9:51 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002wv8. Unique identifier: us10002wv8. Exact location, longitude 152.6948° East, latitude -5.5093° South, depth = 29.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:51:09 / 7:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.93 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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