A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 79 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (49 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 58.57 km (36 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000hcxc. Event ids that are associated: us1000hcxc. Exact location of event, longitude 148.8422 East, latitude -6.3584 South, depth = 58.57 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:59:25 / 9:59 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/10/18 / 2018-10-10 23:59:25 / October 10, 2018 @ 11:59 pm UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 79 km WSW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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