A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 125 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea (78 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 147.2876° East, latitude -5.6295° South, depth = 195.62 km. The temblor was reported at 03:46:16 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 195.62 km (122 miles). Unique identifier: us20004h48. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004h48. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/15 / 2015-12-14 17:46:16 / December 14, 2015 @ 5:46 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 125 km NNE of Lae, Papua New Guinea.
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