A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 232 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (144 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.12 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 152.3523° East, latitude -6.4594° South, depth = 50.12 km. Global time and date of event 22/10/18 / 2018-10-22 12:36:01 / October 22, 2018 @ 12:36 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000hh2x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hh2x. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:36:01 / 10:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-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: 232 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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