A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 103 km ENE of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea (64 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:59:19 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 60.14 km (37 miles). Unique identifier: us2000jnac. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jnac. Exact location of event, longitude 149.0758 East, latitude -8.2974 South, depth = 60.14 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 14:59:19 / February 5, 2019 @ 2:59 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 103 km ENE of Popondetta, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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