A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Kandrian in Papua New Guinea on Monday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:13:48 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/01/19 / 2019-01-21 03:13:48 / January 21, 2019 @ 3:13 am. Id of earthquake: us2000jdm7. Event ids that are associated: us2000jdm7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.67 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 149.8021° East, latitude -6.1879° South, depth = 22.67 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kimbe (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Kimbe (c. 18 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km E of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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