A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 211 km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea (131 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:30:44 / 7:30 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000j5uk. Event ids that are associated: us2000j5uk. Exact location of event, longitude 151.8826 East, latitude -6.3357 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 21:30:44 / January 2, 2019 @ 9:30 pm.
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 four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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