A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 129 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea (80 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 19:27:40 / April 12, 2019 @ 7:27 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 150.6382° East, -6.6526° South, depth 18.57 km. Unique identifier: us700038kv. Ids that are associated to the event: us700038kv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.57 km (12 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:27:40 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 129 km ESE of Kandrian, Papua New Guinea.
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