A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 143 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (89 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.28 km (34 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/12/17 / 2017-12-19 19:13:49 / December 19, 2017 @ 7:13 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 151.9294 East, latitude -5.6077 South, depth = 54.28 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bzcs. Unique identifier: us1000bzcs. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:13:49 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 143 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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