A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 183 km ENE of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea (114 miles). Unique identifier: us20003pf4. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003pf4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.98 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/15 / 2015-09-27 02:42:01 / September 27, 2015 @ 2:42 am. The temblor was reported at 12:42:01 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 149.8021° East, latitude -8.1343° South, depth = 49.98 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 183 km ENE of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea.
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