A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 121 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (75 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/17 / 2017-05-06 21:16:52 / May 6, 2017 @ 9:16 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 167.48 km (104 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10008rti. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008rti. Exact location of event, longitude 151.1684 East, latitude -5.1735 South, depth = 167.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:16:52 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 121 km ENE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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