A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 143 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea (89 miles) on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jims. Unique identifier: us1000jims. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/03/19 / 2019-03-10 13:51:56 / March 10, 2019 @ 1:51 pm. Exact location, longitude 152.2465° East, latitude -10.256° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:51:56 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each 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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 143 km SSW of Kulumadau, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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