A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 42 km NNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (26 miles) on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 17:37:40 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000jkay. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jkay. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/03/19 / 2019-03-14 07:37:40 / March 14, 2019 @ 7:37 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 69.58 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 149.352 East, latitude -5.8906 South, depth = 69.58 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km NNW of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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