A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 125 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea (78 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:12:54 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 151.8286° East, latitude -5.4° South, depth = 50.55 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 50.55 km (31 miles). Event id: us2000j31z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j31z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/12/18 / 2018-12-25 14:12:54 / December 25, 2018 @ 2:12 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 125 km SSW of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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