A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 113 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea (70 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 04:36:19 / December 22, 2018 @ 4:36 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000j2jm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j2jm. 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 14:36:19 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 152.5412 East, latitude -5.3702 South, depth = 40.42 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.42 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 113 km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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