A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 175 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (109 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/03/17 / 2017-03-10 06:15:13 / March 10, 2017 @ 6:15 am. The temblor was detected at 16:15:13 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 153.9992° East, latitude -5.7605° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000882w. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000882w.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 175 km WNW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
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