A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 112 km SW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea (70 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 30/07/16 / 2016-07-30 13:16:03 / July 30, 2016 @ 1:16 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.72 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.0201 East, latitude -3.225 South, depth = 34.72 km. The temblor was detected at 23:16:03 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100069ui. Event ids that are associated: us100069ui.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 112 km SW of Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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