A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 55 km SSE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea (34 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/16 / 2016-07-30 03:31:05 / July 30, 2016 @ 3:31 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.71 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us100069tl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069tl. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:31:05 / 1:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 144.2552 East, latitude -4.5256 South, depth = 101.71 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 55 km SSE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea.
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