A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 95 km ENE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea (59 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/11/18 / 2018-11-18 12:09:12 / November 18, 2018 @ 12:09 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hvw6. Unique identifier: us1000hvw6. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 148.6742° East, -6.2979° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:09:12 / 10:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 95 km ENE of Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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