A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 109 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 14:28:23 / May 5, 2018 @ 2:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 00:28:23 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.58 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e2uj. Unique identifier: us1000e2uj. Exact location of earthquake, 153.98° East, -4.7351° South, depth 20.58 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 109 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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