A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 133 km SW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (83 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 02/05/17 / 2017-05-02 15:25:46 / May 2, 2017 @ 3:25 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.66 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10008qrn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008qrn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:25:46 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 151.4672 East, latitude -5.2528 South, depth = 70.66 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventy-four 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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