A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 160 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (99 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 15:17:18 / January 17, 2019 @ 3:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 146.2531 East, latitude -3.0558 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:17:18 / 1:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000jbw7. Event ids that are associated: us2000jbw7.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 160 km SW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea.
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