A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea (62 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 154.922° East, -7.0347° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:42:47 / 10:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 00:42:47 / January 4, 2019 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000j7an. Event ids that are associated: us2000j7an. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 100 km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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