A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Finschhafen in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:07:20 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71.85 km (45 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 71.85 km, 147.4572° East, -6.7268° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/17 / 2017-10-23 15:07:20 / October 23, 2017 @ 3:07 pm. Unique identifier: us1000az5v. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000az5v.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lae. Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Lae (c. 76 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 47 km WSW of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea.
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