A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 49 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea (30 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.1 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/19 / 2019-05-05 16:05:12 / May 5, 2019 @ 4:05 pm. The temblor was reported at 02:05:12 / 2:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 153.4516° East, latitude -4.6287° South, depth = 64.1 km. Unique identifier: us70003l1n. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003l1n.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 49 km ESE of Taron, Papua New Guinea.
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