A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 112 km SE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea (70 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/05/19 / 2019-05-04 22:16:47 / May 4, 2019 @ 10:16 pm. The temblor was picked up at 08:16:47 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003kwt. Id of event: us70003kwt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 144.7404° East, latitude -4.8233° South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty 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. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 112 km SE of Angoram, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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