A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 174 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (108 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 01:03:11 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 146.3486 East, latitude -3.2962 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000ci9p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ci9p. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/02/18 / 2018-02-07 15:03:11 / February 7, 2018 @ 3:03 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 174 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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