A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 225 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (140 miles). Exact location, longitude 151.9798° East, latitude -6.4387° South, depth = 12.81 km. Id of earthquake: us1000az5g. Event ids that are associated: us1000az5g. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.81 km (8 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 13:08:34 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/10/17 / 2017-10-23 03:08:34 / October 23, 2017 @ 3:08 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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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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: 225 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea.
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